Glossary of Terms
Glossary of Terms
Below, you’ll find explanations for industrial computing related terms that you may be unfamiliar with.
- chipset/" target="_blank" role="term" class="glossaryLinkMain " style="" itemprop="url">Chipset An electronic chipset manages the flow of data between components on a motherboard. It's the traffic controller between the CPU, GPU, RAM, storage, and peripherals. This of it as the “glue” of the motherboard.
- DIN-rail Mount A DIN rail is a metal rail of a standard type widely used for mounting circuit breakers and industrial control equipment inside equipment racks. These products are typically made from cold rolled carbon steel sheet with a zinc-plated or chromated bright surface finish.
- fTPM 2.0 Firmware TPM (fTPM) enables devices to support the same root of trust concepts enabled by hardware-based TPM. This is especially helpful in the industrial PC space as it lets organizations establish the same rigorous levels of security on endpoints and gateways as on desktop hardware. These firmware TPM solutions also meet Microsoft’s Windows 11 requirements.
- GBASE-T Ethernet MGBASE-T are standards released in 2016 for Ethernet over twisted pair at speeds of 2.5 and 5 Gbit/s. These use the same cabling as the ubiquitous Gigabit Ethernet, yet offer higher speeds. The resulting standards are named 2.5GBASE-T and 5GBASE-T.
- LGA1700 Socket LGA 1700 is a zero insertion force flip-chip land grid array socket, compatible with Intel desktop processors Alder Lake and Raptor Lake, which was first released in November 2021. LGA 1700 is designed as a replacement for LGA 1200 and it has 1700 protruding pins to make contact with the pads on the processor.
- M.2 An M.2 SSD is a small form factor solid-state drive (SSD) that internally mounted storage expansion cards use. M.2 SSDs conform to a computer industry specification and are designed to enable high-performance storage in thin, power-constrained devices. They are generally smaller than other comparable SSDs, such as the mini Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (mSATA).
- mil-std-810h/" target="_blank" role="term" class="glossaryLinkMain " style="" itemprop="url">MIL-STD-810H In the United States, the Military Standard (also written as MIL-STD) is enforced by the Department of Defense and maintained by the U.S. Air Force, Army, and Navy. It exists to ensure products meet specific requirements for various defense-related purposes. Note: The MIL-STD is not only used in the Military sector but also across non-defense organizations because of the thorough test methods that validate a product's readiness for extreme conditions. The letter that follows the Military Standard depicts the current revision. There is no particular time-frame that must pass for a revision to occur but it does go in alphabetical order. The current revision, issued Jan. 31, 2019, is MIL-STD-810H.
- Mini PCI Express Mini PCI is a subset of the PCI interface that uses a significantly smaller card form factor. Using PCI Express signaling, Mini PCI Express (mPCIe) was originally designed for graphics cards and other peripherals but was later used for storage. The cards plug directly into the motherboard. Introduced in 2002, Mini PCI Express was superseded by M.2.
- NVMe SSD For the fastest data transfer speeds available, look no further than the NVMe SSD. Through its Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) bus, NVMe SSDs can achieve transfer speeds of up to 20 gigabytes per second (Gbps)—more than three times the speed of a SATA SSD.
- rs-232-422-485/" target="_blank" role="term" class="glossaryLinkMain " style="" itemprop="url">RS-232/422/485 To control devices and need no feedback from them, RS-422 multidrop network will work well. RS485 was designed to address the multi-drop limitation of RS422, allowing up to 32 devices to communicate. An RS232 serial bus consists of just two communication wires - one for sending data and another for receiving.
- SATA Port SATA (Serial AT Attachment) is a computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives, optical drives, and solid-state drives. In short, it’s how almost everything storage-related connects to your motherboard
- SIM Sockets These connectors saves space and are user-friendly. The push-push eject feature ensure smooth extraction of the card.
- sodimm/" target="_blank" role="term" class="glossaryLinkMain " style="" itemprop="url">SODIMM SODIMM stands for "Small Outline Dual In-Line Memory Module." It is a type of computer memory module that is most commonly used in laptops and small form factor computers. SODIMMs are smaller and more compact than the larger DIMM modules used in desktop computers, making them well-suited for devices where space is limited. SODIMMs are used to provide additional random access memory (RAM) to a computer, allowing it to run more programs simultaneously and improving overall performance.
- UHD Graphics 770 The UHD Graphics 770 is an integrated graphics card (IGP, GT1) in Alder Lake and Raptor Lake SoCs that offers 32 execution units (EUs) and a clock speed of up to 1.65 GHz (depending on the CPU model). Note: The performance depends on the CPU model it is integrated in and the used memory.
- USB 2.0 - USB 3.2 USB hubs come in various standards and speeds, which can affect your device compatibility and data transfer rates. Common USB standards include: USB 2.0 –A widely used standard that offers a maximum transfer speed of 480 Mbps. USB 3.0/3.1/3.2 –Offer transfer speeds of up to 5 Gbps (USB 3.0), 10 Gbps (USB 3.1), and 20 Gbps (USB 3.2). These are backward compatible with USB 2.0 devices but might reduce the overall transfer speed when a USB 2.0 device is connected.
- vga-output/" target="_blank" role="term" class="glossaryLinkMain " style="" itemprop="url">VGA Output The Video Graphics Array connector is a standard connector used for computer video output. Originating with the 1987 IBM PS/2 and its VGA graphics system, the 15-pin connector went on to become ubiquitous on PCs, as well as many monitors, projectors and high-definition television sets.
