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the bytes arrive simultaneously, as op-

posed to serial transmission in which

bits arrive one by one.

Parallel Port - A connection for a

printer or similar peripheral. Gener-

ally, parallel ports are output only. See

Bidirectional Parallel Port and ECP.

PCI - An acronym for Peripheral

Component Interconnect. A high per-

formance 32-bit or 64-bit bus devel-

oped by Intel Corporation. PCI is de-

signed to be independent of the hard-

ware architecture to ensure compat-

ibility with future computer systems.

See EISA, VESA Local Bus and ISA.

Pentium - A high performance 64-bit

CISC processor designed and manu-

factured by Intel Corporation.

Plug and Play - A standard developed

to ensure easy installation of periph-

erals. Theoretically, a newly installed

card will automatically configure itself

and work properly without requiring

jumper configuration or device driv-

ers.

POST - An acronym for Power On

Self Test. A diagnostic program that

is run whenever the system is cold

booted.

RAM - An acronym for Random Ac-

cess Memory. A type of memory that

is used as the “working memory” of a

computer system. See DRAM and

SRAM.

ROM - An acronym for Read Only

Memory. A type of memory that re-

tains its data without requiring power.

Once written, it cannot be modified.

See EPROM and Flash ROM.

SCSI - Small computer system inter-

face. A bus interface standard that

defines physical and electrical char-

acteristics for hardware devices. SCSI

provides a standard interface that en-

ables many different kinds of devices,

such as disk drives and CD-ROM

drives to interface with the host com-

puter.

Serial - A type of data transmission

in which the data is sent one bit at a

time over a single wire. See Parallel.

Serial Port - A communications port

used to connect peripherals such as

modems and mice.

Setup - A program that allows you to

make changes to the system configu-

ration.

Shadow RAM - A technique used to

load a duplicate copy of BIOS from

slower ROM into faster RAM. This

enhances system performance be-

cause it provides higher access speed

to the BIOS.

SIMM - An acronym for Standard

Inline Memory Module. A small

printed circuit board containing

memory chips.

Small Computer System Interface -

See SCSI.

Glossary

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