RBIL61 - Abbreviations

Key to system abbreviations

AMIAmerican Megatrends, Inc.(American Megatrends, Inc.) A hardware, software and firmware company founded in 1985. American Megatrends, Inc.
ATIBM PC AT IBMInternational Busiuness MachinesInternational Busiuness Machines) A hardware, software and other service technology company founded in 1911. PCIBM PC ATIBM PC AT
AT&TAmerican Telephone and Telegraph American Telephone and Telegraph
CDPCompaq Deskpro Compaq Deskpro
CGAColor Graphics Adapter(Color/Graphics Adapter) One of the two video display boards introduced together with the original IBMInternational Busiuness Machines PCIBM PC. See also HGC, MDA. Color Graphics Adapter
CLTECompaq LTE Compaq LTE
ConcCP/MConcurrent CP/M by Digital Research, now DR Multiuser DOS Concurrent CP/M(Control Program for Microcomputers) An early operating system for micros based on the 8-bit Intel 8080 CPU (and later the compatible 8085 and Zilog Z80 CPUs). MSDOS version 1.0 was essentially a clone of CP/M for the Intel 8086. by Digital Research, now DR Multiuser DOS
CONVIBM Convertible IBMInternational Busiuness MachinesInternational Busiuness Machines) A hardware, software and other service technology company founded in 1911. Convertible
CP386Compaq Portable 386 Compaq Portable 386
CSLTCompaq SLT Compaq SLT
CSYSCompaq Systempro Compaq Systempro
EGAEnhanced Graphics Adapter(Enhanced Graphics Adapter) IBMInternational Busiuness Machines's second color video board for the IBMInternational Busiuness Machines PCIBM PC family, capable of a maximum resolution of 640x350 pixels in 16 simultaneous colors of a total of 64 possible colors. Enhanced Graphics Adapter
IBMInternational Busiuness MachinesInternational Busiuness Machines) A hardware, software and other service technology company founded in 1911. International Busiuness Machines
JrIBM PCjr IBMInternational Busiuness MachinesInternational Busiuness Machines) A hardware, software and other service technology company founded in 1911. PCjr
MCGAMulti-Color Graphics Array(Multi-Color Graphics Array) The low-end color adapter offered in IBMInternational Busiuness Machines's early PS/2IBM PS/2, any model series machines. Multi-Color Graphics Array
PCIBM PC IBMInternational Busiuness MachinesInternational Busiuness Machines) A hardware, software and other service technology company founded in 1911. PCIBM PC
PORTIBM PC Portable (uses same BIOS as XT) IBMInternational Busiuness MachinesInternational Busiuness Machines) A hardware, software and other service technology company founded in 1911. PCIBM PC Portable (uses same BIOS(Basic Input/Output System) A set of standardized calls giving low-level access to the hardware. The BIOS is the lowest software layer above the actual hardware and serves to insulate programs (and operating systems) which use it from the details of accessing the hardware directly. as XTIBM PC XT)
PSIBM PS/2, any model IBMInternational Busiuness MachinesInternational Busiuness Machines) A hardware, software and other service technology company founded in 1911. PS/2IBM PS/2, any model, any model
PS/2IBM PS/2, any model IBMInternational Busiuness MachinesInternational Busiuness Machines) A hardware, software and other service technology company founded in 1911. PS/2IBM PS/2, any model, any model
PS30IBM PS/2 Model 30 and below IBMInternational Busiuness MachinesInternational Busiuness Machines) A hardware, software and other service technology company founded in 1911. PS/2IBM PS/2, any model Model 30 and below
PS50+IBM PS/2 Models 50,60,70,80 IBMInternational Busiuness MachinesInternational Busiuness Machines) A hardware, software and other service technology company founded in 1911. PS/2IBM PS/2, any model Models 50,60,70,80
TopViewTopView, DESQview, TaskView, OmniView, other compatibles TopViewTopView, DESQview, TaskView, OmniView, other compatibles, DESQview, TaskView, OmniView, other compatibles
VGAVideo Graphics Array(Video Graphics Array) The video adapter introduced with the IBMInternational Busiuness Machines PS/2IBM PS/2, any model series of computers. Video Graphics Array
VLBVESA Local Bus VESA(Video Electronics Standards Association) An industry group which sets both hardware and software standards and recommendations. The term VESA is also used to denote compliance with the VESA SuperVGA BIOS Extensions, a standard set of video BIOS functions for accessing video modes of higher resolution than those defined by IBMInternational Busiuness Machines. Local Bus
XTIBM PC XT IBMInternational Busiuness MachinesInternational Busiuness Machines) A hardware, software and other service technology company founded in 1911. PCIBM PC XTIBM PC XT
XT2IBM PC XT 2 IBMInternational Busiuness MachinesInternational Busiuness Machines) A hardware, software and other service technology company founded in 1911. PCIBM PC XTIBM PC XT 2
XT286IBM PC XT/286 IBMInternational Busiuness MachinesInternational Busiuness Machines) A hardware, software and other service technology company founded in 1911. PCIBM PC XTIBM PC XT/286