
31. Glossary
AGP
Accelerated Graphics Port. A bus interconnect mechanism designed to improve performance of 3D
graphics applications. AGP is a dedicated bus from the graphics subsystem to the core−logic chipset.
here
ATAPI
AT Attachment Packet Interface. A new protocol for controlling mass storage devices similar to SCSI
protocols. It builds on the ATA (AT Attachment) interface, the official ANSI Standard name for the
IDE interface developed for hard disk drives. ATAPI is commonly used for hard disks, CD−ROM
drives, tape drives, and other devices.
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
CDDA
Compact Disk Digital Audio. Capability of CD−ROM/Writer to read out audio tracks.
DMA
Direct Memory Access
EGA
Enhanced Graphics Adapter
EIDE
Enhanced IDE
EISA
Extended Industry System Architecture
FDDI
Fiber Distributed Data Interface. High−speed ring local area network.
IDE
Integrated Drive Electronics. Each drive has a built−in controller.
ISA
Industry System Architecture
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
MCA
MicroChannel Architecture
MFM
Modified Frequency Modulation
MMX
Multimedia Extensions. Extra instructions meant to speed multimedia.
PCI
Pheripheral Component Interconnect. 32−bit bus designed by Intel. Information can be found here.
RAID
Redudant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks. The basic idea of RAID is to combine multiple small,
inexpensive disk drives into an array of disk drives which yields performance exceeding that of a
single large expensive drive. There are five types of redundant array Architectures; RAID−1 through
RAID−5. A non−redudant array of disk drives is referred to as RAID−0. Some RAID systems can
mix formats. (more info)
PPA
Printing Performance Architecture. Protocol developed by Hewlett Packard for their series of Deskjet
printers. In essence, the protocol moves the low−level processing of the data to the host computer
rather than the printer. This allows for a low−cost printer with a small amount of memory and
computing power and a flexible driver. However, this comes at the price of compatibility. HP's
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