BIOS Protection Guidelines - Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

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BIOS PROTECTION GUIDELINES
Appendix C Acronyms and Abbreviations
This appendix contains a list of selected acronyms and abbreviations used in the guide.
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
BDS Boot Device Selection
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
CPU Central Processing Unit
CRTM Core Root of Trust for Measurement
DXE Driver Execution Environment
EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EFI Extensible Firmware Interface
FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard
FISMA Federal Information Security Management Act
GPT GUID Partition Table
GUID Globally Unique Identifier
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
IT Information Technology
ITL Information Technology Laboratory
MBR Master Boot Record
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OS Operating System
PEI Pre-EFI Initialization
POST Power-on self-test
PXE Preboot Execution Environment
ROM Read-only Memory
RT Runtime
RTU Root of Trust for Update
SMI System Management Interrupt
SMM System Management Mode
SP Special Publication
TPM Trusted Platform Module
UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
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