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Disk Drive
The hardware which spins the disk and has the heads and control circuitry for reading and writing the data on the
disk.
DMA
Direct Memory Access. Special circuitry for memory to memory transfers of data which do not require CPU action.
DMI
Desktop Management Interface. A standard that provides PC management applications with a common method of
locally or remotely querying and configuring PC computer systems, hardware and software components, and
peripherals.
DNS
Domain Name System. A function to control the association between the IP address and the name assigned to the
computer. If you do not know the IP address but if you know the computer name, you can still communicate to that
computer.
DOS
Disk Operating System (MS-DOS is a Microsoft Disk Operating System).
Driver
A computer program that converts application and operating system commands to external devices into the exact
form required by a specific brand and model of device in order to produce the desired results from that particular
equipment.
DVMT
Dynamic Video Memory Technology. A video memory architecture that increases the efficiency of the motherboard
by using innovative memory utilization.
ECP
Extended Capability Port. A set of standards for high speed data communication and interconnection between
electronic devices.
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