List of Abbreviations
ABI
Application Binary Interface
APA
all points addressable
BTAS
Boot-Time Abstraction
Software
CHRP
Common Hardware Reference
Platform
CRC
Cycle Redundancy Check
DIMM
Dual Inline Memory Module
DMA
Direct Memory Access
ECC
Error Checking and Correcting
EISA
Extended Industry Standard
Architecture
EPOW
Early Power-Off Warning
GEA
Global Environment Area
IBM
International Business
Machines Corporation
IRQ
Interrupt Request
ISA
Industry Standard Architecture
ISV
Independent Software Vendors
ITSO
International Technical Support
Organization
JFS
Journaled File System
MPIC
MultiProcessor Interrupt
Controller
NFS
Network File System
NIM
Network Installation Manager
NVRAM
Non-Volatile Random Access
Memory
ODM
Object Data Manager
OSA
Operating System Area
PCI
Peripheral Component
Interconnect
PCI-SIG
PCI Special Interest Group
PIO
Parallel Input/Output
POST
Power-On Self Test
POP
Power-On Password
PNP
Plug and Play
PROM
Programmable Read-Only
Memory
PReP
PowerPC Reference Platform
PROFS
Professional Office System
RAN
Remote Asynchronous Nodes
RAS
Reliability, Availability,
Serviceability
RTAS
Runtime Abstraction Software
RTC
Real-Time Clock
RAM
Random Access Memory
ROS
Read-Only Storage
SCRAM
Strip Cylindrical Random
Access Memory
SMS
System Management Services
SPOT
Shared Product Object Tree
TOC
Table of Contents
UART
Universal Asynchronous
Receiver/Transmitter
VDISK
Virtual Disk
VPD
Vital Product Data
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