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Abbreviations

When unusual abbreviations appear in this developer note, the corresponding terms are also spelled out. Standard units of measure and other widely used abbreviations are not spelled out.

Here are the standard units of measure used in developer notes:

A amperes mA milliamperes
dB decibels A microamperes
GB gigabytes MB megabytes
Hz hertz MHz megahertz
in. inches mm millimeters
k 1000 ms milliseconds
K 1024 s microseconds
KB kilobytes ns nanoseconds
kg kilograms ohms
kHz kilohertz sec. seconds
k kilohms V volts
lb. pounds W watts

Other abbreviations that may be used in this note include:

$n hexadecimal value n
ADB Apple Desktop Bus
ATA advanced technology attachment
ATAPI advanced technology attachment packet interface
AV audiovisual
CD-ROM compact disc read-only memory
DIN Deutsche Industries Norm
EMI electromagnetic interference
GCR group code recording
IC integrated circuit
IDE integrated device electronics
I/O input/output
IR infrared
JEDEC Joint Electronics Devices Engineering Council
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
PIO parallel input output
SCSI Small Computer System Interface
SCC serial communications controller
USB Universal Serial Bus


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