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$n
|
hexadecimal value n
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ADB
|
Apple Desktop Bus
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ADC
|
Apple digital connector
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AGP
|
accelerated graphics port
|
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ATA
|
advanced technology attachment
|
|
ATAPI
|
advanced technology attachment, packet interface
|
|
AV
|
audiovisual
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|
CAS
|
column address strobe
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CDDA
|
compact disc digital audio
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|
CD-ROM
|
compact disc read-only memory
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|
CLUT
|
color lookup table
|
|
CRM
|
Communications Resource Manager
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|
DAC
|
digital to analog converter
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|
DBDMA
|
descriptor-based direct memory access
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|
DDC
|
display data channel
|
|
DIMM
|
dual inline memory module
|
|
DIN
|
Deutsche Industrie Norm
|
|
DLPI
|
Data Link Provider Interface
|
|
DMA
|
direct memory access
|
|
DRAM
|
dynamic random-access memory
|
|
DVD
|
12 cm optical storage system with 4 GB capacity
|
|
DVD-ROM
|
DVD read-only memory
|
|
DVD-RAM
|
DVD that is both readable and writeable
|
|
DVI
|
Digital Visual Interface
|
|
EDO
|
extended data out DRAM device type
|
|
EMI
|
electromagnetic interference
|
|
ESDRAM
|
enhanced synchronous dynamic random-access memory
|
|
FWIM
|
FireWire interface module
|
|
G3
|
Generation 3, the third generation of PowerPC
microprocessors, including the PPC 740 and PPC 750
|
|
G4
|
Generation 4, the fourth generation of PowerPC
microprocessors, incorporating AltiVec technology
|
|
GCR
|
group code recording
|
|
HID
|
human interface device, a class of USB devices
|
|
I
2
C
|
same as IIC
|
|
I
2
S
|
same as IIS
|
|
IC
|
integrated circuit
|
|
IEEE
|
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
|
|
IEEE 1394
|
the official specification for FireWire
|
|
IIC
|
inter-integrated circuit (an internal control bus)
|
|
IIS
|
inter IC sound bus
|
|
I/O
|
input/output
|
|
IR
|
infrared
|
|
IrDA
|
Infrared Data Association
|
|
ISO
|
International Organization for Standardization
|
|
JEDEC
|
Joint Electronics Devices Engineering Council
|
|
L2
|
level 2, used in reference to level of cache
|
|
LAN
|
local area network
|
|
MAC
|
media access controller
|
|
Mac OS
|
Macintosh Operating System
|
|
MESH
|
Macintosh enhanced SCSI hardware
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|
MMU
|
memory management unit
|
|
MPEG
|
Motion Picture Experts Group
|
|
NTSC
|
National Television Standards Committee (the standard system used for broadcast TV in North America and Japan)
|
|
OHCI
|
Open Host Controller Interface
|
|
PAL
|
Phase Alternating Line system (the standard for broadcast TV in most of Europe, Africa, South America, and southern Asia)
|
|
Pel
|
pixel element; an individual red, green, or blue value of an RGB pixel
|
|
PCI
|
Peripheral Component Interconnect
|
|
PGA
|
pin grid array
|
|
PHY
|
physical layer
|
|
PIO
|
polled input/output
|
|
RAM
|
random-access memory
|
|
RAS
|
row address strobe
|
|
RAVE
|
Rendering Acceleration Virtual Engine
|
|
RBC
|
reduced block commands
|
|
RGB
|
a video signal format with separate red, green, and blue components
|
|
RISC
|
reduced instruction set computing
|
|
ROM
|
read-only memory
|
|
SBP
|
Serial Bus Protocol
|
|
SCSI
|
Small Computer System Interface
|
|
SCC
|
serial communications controller
|
|
SDRAM
|
synchronous dynamic random access memory
|
|
SECAM
|
the standard system used for broadcast TV in France and the former Soviet countries
|
|
SIMM
|
single inline memory module
|
|
SGRAM
|
synchronous graphics random access memory
|
|
SO-DIMM
|
small outline dual inline memory module
|
|
SRAM
|
static random access memory
|
|
S-video
|
a type of video connector that keeps luminance and chrominance separate; also called a Y/C connector
|
|
USB
|
Universal Serial Bus
|
|
TMDS
|
transition minimized differential signaling
|
|
VESA
|
Video Electronics Standards Association
|
|
VRAM
|
video RAM; used for display buffers
|
|
Y/C
|
a type of video connector that keeps luminance and chrominance separate; also called an S-video connector
|
|
YUV
|
a video signal format with separate luminance and chrominance components
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