Service manual

Appendix A — Glossary
A-5
PAL
International television video format
PCB or PCBA
Printed Circuit Board or PCB Assembly
PCI
Peripheral component interconnect
PCIS
™
Patient Care Information System
PCMS
™
Patient Care Management System
PFAIL
Power Failure notification line used to notify the CPU of an imminent AC power failure.
PIXEL
Smallest unit displayed on a CRT. One PIXEL equals a single dot on the display.
Plenum rated
Cable that must be used where toxic gases created by heat during a fire could not be tolerated. The
plenum term refers to the return air path for an air conditioning system.
PM
Preventive Maintenance
PMC
PCI mezzanine card
Primary recorder
Network recorder that has first priority in receiving print requests.
Privileged access
Monitor operations not accessible to all users. A password is required to access these functions.