Appendix I Glossary

BFW— Buffer function word. BIDFET— Highvoltage bipolar field-effect transistor. BIDMOS— High voltage DMOS FET. BIFET— Bipolar field-effect transistor. BIMOS— Bipolar metal-oxide semiconductor, com- bines bipolar and MOS technology. BIOS— Basic input/output system. BIPOLAR— A logical true input represented by an electric voltage polarity opposite to that re- presenting a logical false input. BIPOLAR ICs— Contain parts comparable to dis- crete bipolar transistors, diodes, capacitors, and resistors. Controlled by current applied to the control terminal (base). BIT— Built-in test. BOT— Beginning-of-tape mark. bpi— Bits per inch. bps— Bits per second. BREAKPOINTS— Location of a point in a program where program executing can be stopped to permit a visual test, printing, or a performance analysis. BUS— One or more conductors used to transmit signals. C/D— Control/data. CA— Computer acknowledge. CAP— Chain address pointer. CAS— Column address strobe. CD-ROM— Compact disc read-only memory. A high density optical storage medium. CD-I— Compact disc-interactive. CDS— Combat direction system. CHIP— An integrated circuit on a piece of semi- conductive material. CIS— Computer Interconnection System. CLCC— Ceramic leadless chip carrier. CLK— Clock signal. CML— Current mode logic. CMOS— Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor. Where both NMOS and PMOS transistors are integrated into the same gate circuit. CMPs— Control and maintenance panels. CMR— Code memory register. CNP CABLE— Communication network processor cable. COBOL— COmmon Business Oriented Language. COMPUTER WORD— A word stored in one computer memory location and capable of being treated as a unit. Synonymous with full word, machine word. CONTROL BUS— A bus carrying signals that regulate system operations. cpi— Characters per inch. CPU— Central processing unit. CS— Chip select. CSCP— Computer switching control panel. CSTOM— Combat systems operating manual. Ctrl— Control. CTS— Clear to send. CV-ASWM— Carrier-Antisubmarine Warfare Mod- ule. D/D— Digital-to-digital. D/A— Digital-to-analog. AI-2