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Abbreviations

Standard units of measure used in this note include:   

A amperes MB megabytes
dB decibels Mbps megabits per second
GB gigabytes Mbit megabits
Hz hertz MHz megahertz
KB kilobytes mm millimeters
kg kilograms ns nanoseconds
kHz kilohertz V volts
mA milliamperes VDC volts direct current
mAh milliampere-hours

Other abbreviations used in this note include:   

$n hexadecimal value n
10Base-T an Ethernet standard for data transmission at 10 Mbits per second
100Base-TX an Ethernet standard for data transmission at 100 Mbits per second
68K the 68000 family of microprocessors
ADB Apple Desktop Bus
AIM ATA Interface Module
ANSI American National Standards Institute
API application programming interface
ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
ATA AT attachment
BIOS basic input/output system
CAS column address strobe, a memory control signal
CD compact disc
CD-ROM compact disc read-only memory
CHRP Common Hardware Reference Platform
CPU central processing unit
CRM Communications Resource Manager
CRT cathode ray tube, a video display device
DAA data access adapter (a telephone line interface)
DAC digital-to-analog converter
DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module
DMA direct memory access
EDO extended data out
EEPROM electrically eraseable programmable ROM
G3 Generation 3, the third generation of PowerPC microprocessors, including the PPC 740 and PPC 750
GND ground
HFS hierarchical file system
HID human interface device, a class of USB devices
IC integrated circuit
IDE integrated device electronics
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
I/O input and output
IR infrared
IrDA Infrared Data Association
ISO International Organization for Standardization
JEDEC Joint Electron Device Engineering Council
JIS Japanese Industrial Standards
L1 level 1 or first level, a type of CPU cache
L2 level 2 or second level, a type of CPU cache
LED light emitting diode
Mac OS Macintosh Operating System
MESH the name of an Apple custom IC
modem modulator-demodulator, a data communications interface for use with analog telephone lines
NMI nonmaskable interrupt
NOP no operation
NV-RAM nonvolatile random-access memory
OHCI Open Host Controller Interface
OS operating system
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect, an industry-standard expansion bus
PLL phase-locked loop
POST power-on self test
RAM random-access memory
RAID random array of inexpensive disks
RCA Radio Corporation of America
rms root mean square
ROM read-only memory
RTAS run-time abstraction services
SCC Serial Communications Controller
SCSI Small Computer System Interface
SDRAM synchronous dynamic RAM
SGRAM synchronous graphics RAM; used for display buffers
SMB System Management Bus (for Smart Battery)
SNR signal to noise ratio
SO-DIMM small outline dual inline memory module
SPD Serial Presence Detect, a feature of the SO DIMM
USB Universal Serial Bus, an industry-standard
expansion bus
VCC positive supply voltage (voltage for collectors)
VIA versatile interface adapter


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