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Appendix C Glossary
No.
Item
Description
1
PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association: an
organization for the standardization of PC card specifications.
PCMCIA
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JEIDA
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Standard name and revision number. Standardization of SRAM and
other memory cards was begun in 1985, initially by JEIDA. In 1989,
PCMCIA was established with the participation of IBM, Apple, etc.
Standardization efforts have progressed jointly since then. The current
standard is PCMCIA2.1/JEIDA4.2, covering the use of fax/modem
cards, etc., as well as memory cards.
2
JEIDA
Japan Electric Industrial Development Association. Promotes PC card
standardization jointly with PCMCIA.
3
WindowsCE
An operating system for handheld PCs, developed by Microsoft. The
interface uses a similar GUI to that of Windows95.
4
CompactFlash
TM
A new flash card standard proposed by SanDisk Inc. of the USA.
Physically, 1/3 the area of a PC card, with a 50-pin two-piece
connector, but electrically compliant with existing projects, including
PC-ATA specifications and True-IDE specifications, offering excellent
compatibility.
5
PC-ATA
PC Card AT Attachment. Standard for connecting a PC-ATA
specification memory card to a PC card slot. Can be thought of as
bringing the ATA standard for HDDs into the field of PC cards. A PC-
ATA card is a PC card that conforms to the PCMCIA PC-ATA
standard.
6
True-IDE
Standard for handling a flash card as an HDD. Standard for flash
cards operated as HDDs immediately after start-up. Totally unrelated
to PC-ATA specifications and the PC card standard.
7
Chip set
Generally refers to functional LSIs for implementing certain functions
by being connected to the CPU, bus, etc. In this manual, “chip set”
refers to products called PC card controllers.
8
Memory card
A type of PC card, such as an SRAM card or flash card, containing
memory and used for storage, .
9
I/O card
A type of PC card, such as a SCSI card or fax/modem card, for
connection to another device or computer.
10
IDE specifications
IDE: Integrated Device Electronics, Intelligent Device Electronics.
HDD interface standard developed by US companies Western Digital
and Compaq in 1986. Designed to allow direct connection to the PC-
AT bus (currently generally called the ISA bus) initially used by IBM.
11
ISA bus (PC-AT bus) Industrial Standard Architecture bus. Bus used in the days of the IBM-
PC, initially called the PC-AT bus. Provides direct connection to an
Intel X86 CPU. Became an industry standard after IBM stopped
designing machines using this bus standard.