Abbreviations and acronyms
ABR
Automatic BIOS recovery
AC
alternating current
ACPI
Advanced Configuration and
Power Interface
AEM
Active Energy Manager
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices™
ANSI
American National Standards
Institute
API
application programming
interface
AS
Australian Standards
ASCII
American Standard Code for
Information Interchange
ASIC
application-specific integrated
circuit
ASM
Advanced System
Management
ASPM
Active State Power
Management
ASR
automatic server restart
AWE
Address Windowing
Extensions
BBU
battery backup unit
BCD
Boot Configuration Database
BGI
background initialization
BI
Business Intelligence
BIOS
basic input output system
BMC
Baseboard Management
Controller
CC
consistency check
CD
compact disc
CD-ROM
compact disc read only
memory
CIM
Common Information Model
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CIMOM
Common Information Model
Object Manager
CLI
command-line interface
COA
Certificate of Authenticity
COG
configuration and option guide
COM
Component Object Model
CPU
central processing unit
CRM
Customer Relationship
Management
CRTM
Core Root of Trusted
Measurements
CTO
configure-to-order
CTP
composite theoretical
performance
DASD
direct access storage device
DBA
database administrator
DBS
demand-based switching
DC
domain controller
DCU
data cache unit
DCUI
Direct Console User Interface
DDR
Double Data Rate
DEP
Data Execution Prevention
DG
disk group
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol
DIMM
dual inline memory module
DMA
direct memory access
DNS
Domain Name System
DOS
disk operating system
DPC
deferred procedure call
DPM
Distributed Power
Management
DRAM
dynamic random access
memory
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