Abbreviations

Ad Hoc
For This [purpose]

ARM
Advanced RISC Machine

AKA
Also Know As

AT
Advanced Technology

ATA
AT Attachment

ATCA
Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture

BGA
Ball Grid Array

BSS
Basic Service Set

CAS
Column Address Select/Strobe

CBC
Cipher Block Chaining

CCK
Complimentary Code Keying

Cramfs
Compressed ROM file system

CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check

CSMA/CD
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection

CTCA
Compact Telecommunications Computing Architecture

DARAM
Dual/Double Access RAM (See Also SARAM)

DDR SDRAM
Double Data Rate SDRAM

DES
Data Encryption Standard
3DES
Triple DES

DFM
Design For Manufacture

DFT
Design For Testing

DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DIMM
Dual In-line Memory Module(See also SIMM)

DNS
Domain Name System

DSL
Digital Subscriber Line

DSTN
Dual scan/Double layer STN

ECB
Electronic Code Book

ECC
Error Checking and Correction

EDA
Electronic Design Automation

EMC
Electro-Magnetic Compatibility

EMI
Electro-Magnetic Interference

EMIFF
External Memory InterFace Fast

EMIFS
External Memory InterFace Slow

ESR
Equivalent Series Resistance

ETM
Embedded Trace Macrocell

FIPS
Federal Information Processing Standard

FYI
For Your Information

GMII
Gigabit Media Independent Interface. (See also SGMII)

GSM
Global System for Mobile communications

HNP
Host Negotiation Protocol

ICE
In-Circuit Emulator

IDE
Intelligent/Integrated Drive Electronics

IRDA
Infra Red Data Association

ISA
Industry Standard Architecture

ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network

IPPBX
Internet Protocol Private Branch Exchanges

JTAG
Joint Test Action Group

JEDEC
Joint Electronic Device Engineering Council

LDO
Low Drop Out

LUT
Look-Up Table

LVDS
Low Voltage Differential Signals

MD5
Message Digest Algorithm

MHP
Multimedia Home Platform

MiB
Mebi Byte

MISO
Master In Slave Out

MMACS
Million Multiply Accumulate Cycles per Second

MMU
Memory Management Unit

MOSI
Master Out Slave In

MPU
MicroProcessor Unit

MPX
Multiple Protocol eXchange

MTBF
Mean Time Between Failure

OCP
Open Core Protocol

ODM
Original Design Manufacturer

ODT
On-Die Termination

OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer

OFDM
Orthogonal FDM

OMAP
Open Multimedia Application Processor

PICMG
PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group

PSRAM
Pseudo SRAM

PTSN
Public Telephone Switched Network

PWL
Pulse Width Light/Length

PWT
Pulse Width Tone/Time

QFN
Quad Flat No-lead package

RAS
Row Address Select/Strobe

RDRAM
Rambus DRAM

RGMII
Reduced Gigabit Media Independent Interface

RNG
Random Number Generator

RPM
Redhat Package Management

RS
Recommended Standard

SARAM
Single Access RAM (See also DARAM )

SATA
Serial Advanced Technology Architecture

SERDES
SERializer/DESerializer

SGMII
Serial Gigabit Media Independent Interface

SiP
System in a Package

SIM
Subscriber Identity Module

SIMM
Single In-line Memory Modules(See also DIMM)

SMART
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology

SMBUS
Standard System Management BUS

SMC
Smart Media Card

SMP
Symmetric-Multi Processing

SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SOC
System On Chip

SOIC
Small Outline IC

SOP
Small Outline Package

SPI
Serial Peripheral Interface

STN
Super Twisted Nematic (See also DSTN)

TBI
Ten-Bit Interface

TDMI
Thumb,Debug,Multiplier,ICE

TFT
Thin Film Transistor

TSOP
Thin SOP

TSSOP
Thin Shrink SOP

ULPD
Ultra Low Power Device

WINS
Windows Internet Naming Service