Software Design Notes                                    Acronyms






                           APPENDIX B

                            Acronyms



B.1  ACRONYMS USED

Acronyms for system structures and routine names  are  introduced
at  various  points throughout the manual.  If you read a section
from the  manual  without  reading  all  preceding  sections,  an
acronym may be encountered without an explanation of its meaning.
Table  B-q  lists most of the acronyms used in the manual.  Refer
to this list for a complete description of the term.



               Table B-1  Description of Acronyms


            Acronym        Meaning
            -------        -------
             ADL           Argument Descriptor List
             DDR           Device Driver
             DPMT          Disk Page Map Table
             ETE           Error Table Entry
             EVCP          External Value Cell Pointer
             FEF           Function Entry Frame
             FMT           Format Information Partition
             LAN           Local Area Network
             MCR           Machine Control Register
             NUPI          NuBus Peripheral Interface
             NVRAM         Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
             PHT           Page Hash Table
             PPD           Physical Page Data
             RQB           Request Block
             SIB           System Interface Board
             UPCB          Processor Micro-Stack
             STBM          System Test and Boot Master
             TZON          Test Zone Partition
             VMA           Virtual Memory Address
             WCS           Writable Control Store









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