Installation guide

KINO-6612 Mini-ITX Motherboard
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AC ’97 Audio Codec 97 (AC’97) refers to a codec standard developed by
Intel® in 1997.
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is an OS-directed
configuration, power management, and thermal management interface.
AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is a SATA Host controller
register-level interface.
AMD64 AMD64 enables simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit computing with no
degradation in performance. AMD64 Direct Connect Architecture
connects everything directly to the CPU thereby eliminating system
architecture bottlenecks.
ATA The Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) interface connects
storage devices including hard disks and CD-ROM drives to a
computer.
APM The Advanced Power Management (APM) application program
interface (API) enables the inclusion of power management in the
BIOS.
ARMD An ATAPI Removable Media Device (ARMD) is any ATAPI device that
supports removable media, besides CD and DVD drives.
ASKIR Amplitude Shift Keyed Infrared (ASKIR) is a form of modulation that
represents a digital signal by varying the amplitude (“volume”) of the
signal. A low amplitude signal represents a binary 0, while a high
amplitude signal represents a binary 1.
BIOS The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is firmware that is first run when
the computer is turned on and can be configured by the end user
CODEC The Compressor-Decompressor (CODEC) encodes and decodes
digital audio data on the system.