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Intel Technology Abbreviations
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AMR
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Audio Modem Riser (motherboard design spec.)
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AMT
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Active Management Technology
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APIC
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Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
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ATX
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Advanced Technology eXtended (PC motherboard design standard)
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BBUL
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Bumpless Build-Up Layer
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BTR
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Branch Target Buffers
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BTX
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Balanced Technology eXtended (PC motherboard design standard)
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CLEP
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Card Edge Low Profile socket
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DIB
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Dual Independent Bus architecture
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DVI
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Digital Video Interleave
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DVMT
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Dynamic Video Memory Technology
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EFI
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Extensible Firmware Interface (interface between operating systems and platform firmware)
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EPT
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Extended Page Table (MMU virtualization)
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ETANN
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Electronically Trainable Analog Neural Network
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ExCA
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Exchangeable Card Architecture
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FWH
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FirmWare Hub (main component of Intel Accelerated Hub Architecture)
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GDT
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Global Descriptor Table
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GMA
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Graphics Media Accelerator
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GMCH
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Graphics Memory Controller Hub (Intel-845G chipset)
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HDCP
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High bandwidth Digital Content Protection
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iCOMP
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Intel Comparative Microprocessor Performance (index)
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IBIST
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Interconnect BIST
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IDT
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Interrupt Descriptor Table
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IPMI
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Intelligent Platform Management Interface
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LDT
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Local Descriptor Table
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LPC
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Low Pin Count (Intel's interface specification)
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MKL
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Math Kernel Library
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MMX
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Matrix Math eXtensions
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PCM
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Phase Change Memory
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PPGA
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Plastic PGA
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PXE
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Preboot Execution Environment
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TSS
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Task State Segment
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UEFI
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Unified EFI
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USB
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Universal Serial Bus
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VRT
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Voltage Reduction Technology
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WfM
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Wired for Management (obsolete now)
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x86
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Generic name of Intel-8086, 80186, ... microprocessor architecture
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FC-PGA
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Flip Chip - PGA
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