Users Guide

Glossary 205
system board
As the main circuit board, the system board usually contains most of your system's
integral components, such as the following:
• Microprocessor
•RAM
• Controllers for standard peripheral devices, such as the keyboard
• Various ROM chips
Frequently used synonyms for system board are motherboard and logic board.
system configuration information
Data stored in memory that tells a system what hardware is installed and how the
system should be configured for operation.
system diskette
System diskette is a synonym for bootable diskette.
system memory
System memory is a synonym for RAM.
System Setup program
A BIOS-based program that allows you to configure your system's hardware and
customize the system's operation by setting such features as password protection
and energy management. Some options in the System Setup program require that
you reboot the system (or the system may reboot automatically) in order to make
a hardware configuration change. Because the System Setup program is stored in
NVRAM, any settings remain in effect until you change them again.
system.ini file
A start-up file for the Windows operating system. When you start Windows,
it consults the
system.ini file to determine a variety of options for the Windows
operating environment. Among other things, the
system.ini file records which
video, mouse, and keyboard drivers are installed for Windows.
Running the Control Panel or Windows Setup program may change options in
the
system.ini file. On other occasions, you may need to change or add options
to the
system.ini file manually with a text editor, such as Notepad.
table
In SNMP MIBs, a table is a two dimensional array that describes the variables
that make up a managed object.