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.
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.
CD-I— Compact disc-interactive.
CDS— Combat direction system.
D/D— Digital-to-digital.
D/A— Digital-to-analog.
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