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<H2><A NAME="s6">6. Glossary</A></H2>
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<P>AP: Application Processor, any x86 processor other than the
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Bootstrap Processor on IA-32 SMP systems
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<P>ACPI: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
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<P>APIC: Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
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<P>APM: Advanced Power Management, a BIOS-managed power management
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specification for personal computers
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<P>BSP: Bootstrap Processor, the primary booting processor on IA-32
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SMP systems
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<P>BSS: Block Started by Symbol: the uninitialized data segment
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<P>BKL: Big Kernel Lock, the Linux global kernel lock
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<P>CRn: Control Register n, i386-specific control registers
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<P>FPU: Floating Point Unit, a separate math coprocessor device
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<P>GB: gigabyte (1024 * 1024 * 1024 bytes)
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<P>GDT: Global Descriptor Table, an i386 memory management table
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<P>IA: Intel Architecture (also i386, x86)
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<P>IDT: Interrupt Descriptor Table, an i386-specific table that contains
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information used in handling interrupts
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<P>initrd: initial RAM disk (see "linux/Documentation/initrd.txt")
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<P>IPC: Inter-Process Communication
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<P>IPI: Inter-processor Interrupt, a method of signaling interrupts
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between multiple processors on an SMP system
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<P>IRDA: InfraRed Data Association
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<P>IRQ: Interrupt ReQuest
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<P>ISA: Industry Standard Architecture
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<P>KB: kilobyte (1024 bytes)
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<P>LDT: Local Descriptor Table, an i386-specific memory management table
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that is used to describe memory for each non-kernel process
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<P>MB: megabyte (1024 * 1024 bytes)
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<P>MCA: Micro Channel Architecture, used in IBM PS/2 computers
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<P>MP: Multi-processor
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<P>MSW: Machine Status Word
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<P>MTRR: Memory Type Range Registers
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<P>PAE: Physical Address Extension: extends the address space to 64 GB
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instead of 4 GB
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<P>PCI: Peripheral Component Interconnect, an industry standard
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for connecting devices on a local bus in a computer system
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<P>PCMCIA: Personal Computer Memory Card International Association;
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defines standards for PCMCIA cards and CardBus PC Cards
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<P>PIC: Programmable Interrupt Controller
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<P>PNP: Plug aNd Play
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<P>PSE: Page Size Extension: allows 4 MB pages
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<P>SMP: Symmetric Multi Processor/Processing
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<P>TLB: Translation Lookaside Buffer, i386-specific processor cache
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of recent page directory and page table entries
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<P>TSS: Task State Segment, an i386-specific task data structure
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<P>UP: Uniprocessor (single CPU) system.
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