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- 1U
- A rack unit. One rack unit is 1.75in (44.4mm) high.
12 volts- 12V is the standard voltage used to power anything with motors such as fans and hard drives. (Usually indicated by the YELLOW wiring)
5 volts- 5V is the standard voltage used to power circuit boards. (Usually indicated by the RED wiring)
ATX-
Most Pentium Pro boards use this form factor.
As well as the motherboard size, layout, and placement, the ATX specification also includes requirements for power supply and fan specification and location.
The full size ATX board measures 305 mm (W) x 244 mm (D). There is also a Mini-ATX form factor of 284 mm x 208 mm.
- ATX12V
- A 20 pin power connector port with a 4 pin (2x2) power port found in Pentium 4 motherboards. The 4 pin power port is meant to provide additional power to the processor.
- cd/m²
- Standard International (SI) unit for luminance/brightness (candela per square meter). Most monitors have a luminance/brightness rating of 300.
- cranking (engine)
- Occurs when a car is started. During this time, there is a dip in voltage in the car battery to 8V or lower. During cranking, most accessories are temporarily turned off. Our M2-ATX/M3-ATX/M4-ATX power supply series avoid this problem.
- DIN (Deutshes Instuit fur Norming)
- A standard size for car accessories and radios. 1-DIN is measured at 2"(H) x 7"(W). A 2-DIN is 4"(H) X 7"(W)
- form factor
- size and format of PC motherboards. Examples include mini-ITX, ATX, AT.
- inverter
- A device that converts DC to AC.
- mini-ITX
- Mini-ITX is a motherboard form factor developed by VIA Technologies. Mini-ITX has similarities to ATX, microATX, FlexATX and BTX form factors, but is significantly smaller - the motherboard dimensions are 170mm x 170mm. Mini-ITX boards can often be passively cooled due to their low power consumption architecture, and are ideally suited for use in Car PC and home theater systems, where the noise generated by a computer (in particular, the cooling fans) can detract from the cinema experience.
- Northbridge
- Also known as the memory controller hub (MCH) in Intel systems (AMD, VIA, SiS and others usually use 'northbridge'), is traditionally one of the two chips in the core logic chipset on a PC motherboard, the other being the southbridge.
- NTSC
- National Television System Committee. A color encoding system that is 525-line/60Hz. It is used mainly in North American, Central American and Japanese television systems.
- PAL
- Phase Alternating Line. A color encoding system that is 625-line/50Hz. It is used mainly in European television system.
- PATA
- Parallel ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) - data transfer technology between a computer and storage device. Also known as IDE/EIDE.
- PSU
- Abbreviation of power supply unit.
- RoHS
- Restriction of Hazardous Substances directive. The Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) 2002/95/EC was adopted in February 2003 by the European Union. This directive restricts the use of six hazardous materials in the manufacture of various types of electronic and electrical equipment. It is closely linked with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE) 2002/96/EC which sets collection, recycling and recovery targets for electrical goods and is part of a legislative initiative to solve the problem of huge amounts of toxic e-waste.
- regulated voltage
- Constant or near constant voltage over a wide range of load conditions.
- SATA
- Serial ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) - data transfer technology between a computer and storage device. Its cables are thinner than IDE cables, allowing more airflow within a computer system and resulting in a cooler running system. It also allows hot swap and tighter integrity checks.
- Sempron
- Athlon XP architecture. Competitor to Intel's Celeron D.
- Southbridge
- Also known as the I/O Controller Hub (ICH), is a chip that implements the "slower" capabilities of the motherboard in a northbridge/southbridge chipset computer architecture. The southbridge can usually be distinguished from the northbridge by not being directly connected to the CPU. Rather, the northbridge ties the southbridge to the CPU.
- switched outlets
- Power outlets that remain on when the car is in the on or accessory mode.
- TFT-LCD
- Thin Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Dsplay. A type of active matrix LCD.
- unregulated voltage
- Voltage that fluctuates over a wide range of load (as in cranking in an automobile)
- unswitched outlets
- Power outlets that remain on, such as those that power car alarms. They are always on and are usually low powered.
- VGA (display resolution)
- 640 × 480 pixels with high color (16 bits per pixel, i.e. 65,536 colors).
- VGA (hardware)
- Video Graphics Array (VGA) - an analog computer display standard which can also refer to the 15-pin D-subminiature VGA connector
- VIA C3
- An x86 CPU produced by VIA Technologies. Also known as Nehemiah. Smaller, cheaper, and lower powered than Intel equivalents, but slower. Clock speed ranges from 1.0-1.4 GHz.
- VIA C7
- A faster version of the VIA C3. Smaller, cheaper, and lower powered than Intel equivalents, but slower. Clock speed ranges from 1.5-2.0 GHz.
- VIA Technologies
- A Taiwanese manufacturer of motherboard chipsets, CPUs and memory.
- voltage regulation
- A system to provide regulated voltage (contant or near constant voltage over a wide range of load conditions)
- widescreen
- A screen having a 16:9 width to height ratio. Example resolutions for widescreen include 800 x 480 and 1280 x 720.
- XGA (display resolution)
- 800 × 600 pixels with high color (16 bits per pixel, i.e. 65,536 colors).
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