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 # Firmware and Computer Acronyms, Initialisms and Definitions
 
-** Note that this document even more of a work in progress than most **
-** of the coreboot documentation **
 
 ## _0-9
 
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   initialization that happens from the PSP.  Significantly, Memory
   Initialization.
 * AC - Electricity: [**Alternating Current**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternating_current)
-* Ack - Acknowledgment
+* Ack - Acknowledgment / Acknowledged
 * ACM – [**Authenticated Code Module**](https://doc.coreboot.org/security/intel/acm.html)
 * ACP - [**Average CPU power**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_design_power)
 * ACPI - The [**Advanced Configuration and Power
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 * ADC - [**Analog-to-Digital Converter**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog-to-digital_converter)
 * ADL - Intel: [**Alder Lake**](https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/intel/microarchitectures/alder_lake)
 * AES - [**Advanced Encryption Standard**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard)
+* AESKL - Intel: AES Key Locker
 * AGESA - [**AMD Generic Encapsulated Software Architecture**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGESA_)
 * AGP - The [**Accelerated Graphics
   Port**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_Graphics_Port) is an
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   An open standard to connect and manage functional blocks in an SoC
   (System on a Chip)
 * AMD64 - Another name for [**x86-64**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64)
+* AMD-Vi AMD: The AMD name for their IOMMU implementation
 * AMPL - AMD: [**Advanced Platform Management Link**](https://web.archive.org/web/20220509053546/https://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/419181.pdf) - Also referred to as
   SBI: Sideband Interface
 * AMT - Intel: [**Active Management Technology**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Active_Management_Technology)
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 * CSME - Intel: Converged Security and Management Engine
 * CTLE - Intel: Continuous Time Linear Equalization
 * CVE - [**Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures)
+* CXMT - ChangXin Memory Technologies
 * CZN - AMD: [**Cezanne**](https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/amd/cores/cezanne) - CPU Family 19h, Model 50h
 
 
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   the device.
 * DASH - [**Desktop and mobile Architecture for System Hardware**](Desktop_and_mobile_Architecture_for_System_Hardware)
 * DB - DaughterBoard
+* DbC - USB: Debug Capability on the USB host controller
 * DC - Electricity: Direct Current
 * DCP - Digital Content Protection
 * DCR - **Decode Control Register** This is a way of identifying the
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 * DOS - Disk Operating System
 * DP - DisplayPort
 * DPM - Mediatek: DRAM Power Manager
+* DPTC - AMD: Dynamic Power and Thermal Control
 * DPTF - Intel: Dynamic Power and Thermal Framework
 * DRAM - Memory: [**Dynamic Random Access Memory**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_random-access_memory)
 * DRTM - Dynamic Root of Trust for Measurement
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   vs Integrated TPMs or fTPMs (Firmware TPMs).
 * DTS - U-Boot: Device Tree Source
 * DUT - Device Under Test
+* DvC - USB: Debug Capability on the USB Device (Device Capability)
 * DVFS - ARM: Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling
 * DVI - [**Digital Video Interface**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface)
 * DVT - Production Timeline: Design Validation Test
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 ## E
 
+* EAPD - Intel: [**External Amplifier Power Down**](https://web.archive.org/web/20210203194800/https://www.eeweb.com/hd-audio-eapd/)
 * EBDA - Extended BIOS Data Area
 * EBG - Intel: Emmitsburg PCH
 * ECC - [**Error Correction Code**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_correction_code) - Typically used to refer to a type of
   memory that can detect and correct memory errors.
 * EDID - [**Extended Display Identification Data**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Display_Identification_Data)
-* edk2 - EFI Development Kit 2
+* EDK2 - EFI Development Kit 2
 * EDO - Memory: [**Extended Data
   Out**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_random-access_memory#Extended_data_out_DRAM)
   - A DRAM standard introduced in 1994 that improved upon, but was
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 * EOL - End of Life
 * EPP - Intel: Energy-Performance Preference
 * EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
+* EROFS - Linux: [**Enhanced Read-Only File System**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EROFS)
 * ESD - Electrostatic discharge
 * eSPI - Enhanced System Peripheral Interface
 * EVT - Production Timeline: Engineering Validation Test
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 * FADT - ACPI Table: Fixed ACPI Description Table
 * FAE - Field Application Engineer
 * FAT - File Allocation Table
+* FBVDDQ - Nvidia Power: Framebuffer Voltage
 * FCH - AMD: Firmware Control Hub
 * FCS - Production Timeline: First Customer Shipment
 * FDD - Floppy Disk Drive
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 * FPM - Memory: [**Fast Page Mode**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_random-access_memory#Page_mode_DRAM) - A DRAM standard introduced in 1990.
 * FPU - [**Floating-Point Unit**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating-point_unit)
 * FSB - [**Front-Side Bus**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front-side_bus)
+* FSM - Finite State Machine
 * FSP - Intel: Firmware Support Package
 * FSR - Intel: Firmware Status Register
 * FTP - Network Protocol: [**File Transfer Protocol**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol)
 * fTPM - Firmware TPM (Trusted Platform Module).  This is a TPM that is
   based in firmware instead of actual hardware.  It typically runs in
   some sort of TEE (Trusted Execution Environment).
+* FWCM Intel: firmware Connection Manager
+* FWID - Firmware Identifier
 
 
 ## G
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 * GMA - Intel: [**Graphics Media
   Accelerator**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA)
 * GNB - Graphics NorthBridge
+* GND - Power: Ground
 * GNVS - Global Non-Volatile Storage
 * GPD - PCH GPIO in Deep Sleep well (D5 power)
 * GPE - ACPI: General Purpose Event
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 * GSC - Google Security Chip - Typically Cr50/Ti50, though could also refer to the titan chips
 * GSPI - Generic SPI - These are SPI controllers available for general
   use, not dedicated to flash, for example.
+* GTDT - ACPI: Generic Timer Description Table
+* GTT - [**Graphics Translation Table**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_address_remapping_table)
 * GUID - UEFI: [**Globally Unique IDentifier**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier)
 
 
 ## H
 
+* HBP - Graphics: [**Horizontal Back Porch**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_blanking_interval) In the Horizontal blanking interval, this is the blank area past the end of the scanline
 * HDA - [**High Definition Audio**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_High_Definition_Audio)
 * HDCP - [**High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-bandwidth_Digital_Content_Protection)
 * HDD - Hard Disk Drive
 * HDMI - [**High-Definition Multimedia Interface**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI)
 * HDR - [**High Dynamic Range**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range)
 * HECI - Intel: [**Host Embedded Controller Interface**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_Embedded_Controller_Interface) (Replaced by MEI)
+* HFP - Graphics: [**Horizontal Front Porch**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_blanking_interval) In the Horizontal blanking interval, this is the blank before the start of the next scanline.
 * HID - [**Human Interface
   Device**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_interface_device)
 * HOB - UEFI: Hand-Off Block
 * HPD - Hot-Plug Detect
 * HPET - [**High Precision Event Timer**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Precision_Event_Timer)
 * HSP - AMD: Hardware Security Processor
+* HSPHY - USB: USB3 High-Speed PHY
 * HSTI - Hardware Security Test Interface
 * HSW - Intel: Haswell
 * Hybrid S3 - System Power State:  This is where the operating system
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   - Also known as SenseWire
 * IA - Intel Architecture
 * IA-64 - Intel Itanium 64-bit architecture
+* IAFC - RISC-V: [**RISC-V Base Integer instruction set**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RISC-V), plus atomic instructions, single precision floating point instructions, and compressed instructions
 * IBB – Initial Boot Block
 * IBV - Independent BIOS Vendor
 * IC - Integrated Circuit
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   Fabric**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperTransport#Infinity_Fabric)
   is a superset of AMD's earlier Hypertransport interconnect.
 * IFD - Intel: Intel Flash Descriptor
+* IMAFC - RISC-V: [**RISC-V Base Integer instruction set**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RISC-V), plus integer multiply & divide, atomic instructions, single precision floating point instructions, and compressed instructions
 * IMC - AMD: Integrated micro-controller - An 8051 microcontroller built
   into some AMD FCHs (Fusion Controller Hubs) and Southbridge chips.
   This never worked well for anything beyond fan control and caused
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 * IoC - Security: Indicator of Compromise
 * IOC - Intel: I/O Cache
 * IOE - Intel: I/O Expander
+* IOHC - AMD: I/O Hub Controller
 * IOM - Intel: I/O Manager
 * IOMMU - [**I/O Memory Management Unit**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input%E2%80%93output_memory_management_unit)
 * IOMUX - AMD: The I/O Mux block controls how each GPIO is configured.
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 * MBR - Master Boot Record
 * MCA - [**Machine Check Architecture**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Check_Architecture)
 * MCR - Machine Check Registers
+* MCTP - [**Management Component Transport Protocol**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_Component_Transport_Protocol)
 * MCU - Memory Control Unit
 * MCU - [**MicroController
   Unit**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcontroller)
-* MCTP - [**Management Component Transport Protocol**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_Component_Transport_Protocol)
+* MCUPM - Mediatek: MCUPM is a hardware module which is used for MCUSYS Power Management. MCUPM firmware (mcupm.bin) is loaded into MCUPM SRAM at system initialization.
 * MDFIO - Intel: Multi-Die Fabric IO
 * MDN - AMD: Mendocino
+* mDP - Mini DisplayPort connector
 * ME - Intel: Management Engine
 * MEI - Intel: ME Interface (Previously known as HECI)
 * Memory training - the process of finding the best speeds, voltages,
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 * MSB - Most Significant Bit
 * MSI - Message Signaled Interrupt
 * MSR - Machine-Specific Register
-* MT/s - MegaTransfers per second
+* MTS or MT/s - MegaTransfers per second
 * MTL - Intel: Meteor Lake
 * MTL - ARM: MHU Transport Layer
 * MTRR - [**Memory Type and Range Register**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTRR)
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   are specified over physical address ranges. In Linux, they are visible
   over `/proc/mtrr` and they can be modified there. For further
   information, see the [**Linux documentation**](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.19/x86/pat.html).
+* MXM - PCIe: [**Mobile PCI Express Module**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_PCI_Express_Module)
 
 
 ## N
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 * NVME - Non-Volatile Memory Express - An SSD interface that allows
   access to the flash memory through a PCIe bus.
 * NVPCF - Nvidia Platform and Control Framework
+* NVVDD - Nvidia Power: Core voltage
 * NX - No Execute
 
 
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 * PEI - UEFI: Pre-EFI Initialization
 * PEIM - UEFI: PEI Module
 * PEP - Intel: Power Engine Plug-in
+* PEXVDD - Nvidia Power: PCIExpress Voltage
 * PHX - AMD: Phoenix SoC
 * PHY - [**PHYsical layer**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHY) - The
   hardware that implements the send/receive functionality of a
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 * PSF - Intel: Primary Sideband Fabric
 * PSP - AMD: Platform Security Processor
 * PSPP - AMD: PCIE Speed Power Policy
+* PSR - Intel: Platform Service Record
+* PSR - Graphics: Panel Self-Refresh - This is a power-savings feature specified in eDP
 * PTT - Intel: Platform Trust Technology - Intel's firmware based TPM.
 * PU - GPIOs: Pull-Up - Drives the pin to reference voltage through a
   resistor. The resistor allows the signal to still be set to ground
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   a set of 3 or 4 GPIOs to allow 8 to 16 different memory chips to be
   used.
 * RAPL - Running Average Power Limit
+* RCB - PCIe: Read Completion Boundary - Sets the address alignment on which a read request may be serviced with multiple completions
 * RCS - [**Revision control
   system**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_Control_System)
 * Real mode - The original 20-bit addressing mode of the 8086 & 8088
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 * ROM - Read Only Memory
 * RoT - Root of Trust
 * RPL - Intel: [**Raptor Lake**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptor_Lake)
+* RPP - Intel: Raptor Point PCH
 * RRG - AMD (ATI): Register Reference Guide
 * RSDP - Root System Description Pointer
 * RTC - Real Time Clock
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 * SMBus -  [**System Management
   Bus**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Management_Bus)
   * [http://www.smbus.org/](http://www.smbus.org/)
+* SME - AMD: Secure Memory Encryption
 * SMI - System management interrupt
 * SMM - [**System management
   mode**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Management_Mode)
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 * SSI-TEB - Physical board format: [**SSI Thin Electronics
   Bay**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSI_CEB)
 * SSP - [**Speech Signal Processor**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_processing)
+* SSPHY - USB: USB3 Super-Speed PHY
 * STAPM - AMD: Skin Temperature Aware Power Management
 * STB - AMD: Smart Trace Buffer
 * SuperIO - The [**Super I/O**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_I/O)
   (SIO) device provides a system with any of a number of different
   peripherals.  Most common are: A PS/2 Keyboard and mouse port, LPT
   Ports, UARTS, Watchdog Timers, Floppy drive Controllers, GPIOs, or any
   of a number of various other devices.
+* SVC - ARM: Supervisor Call
 * SVI2/3 - Serial VID (Voltage Identification) Interface 2.0 / 3.0
+* SWCM - Intel: Software Connection Manager
 
 
 ## T
 
 * TBT - Thunderbolt
 * TBT - Intel: Turbo Boost Technology
+* tBUF - I2C: The bus free time between a STOP and START condition
 * TCC - Intel: Thermal Control Circuit
 * TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
 * TCPC - Type C Port Controller
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 * uCode - [**Microcode**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcode)
 * UDK - UEFI: UEFI Development Kit
 * UDP - User Datagram Protocol
+* UDMA - ATA: [**Ultra DMA**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UDMA) - The fastest transfer mode for ATA Hard Drives
 * UEFI - Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
 * UFC - User Facing Camera
 * UFP - USB: Upstream Facing Port
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 * UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply
 * USART - Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
 * USB - Universal Serial Bus
+* USF - Intel: Universal Scalable Firmware
 
 
 ## V
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 * VBNV - Vboot Non-Volatile storage
 * VBT - [**Video BIOS
   Table**](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/gpu/i915.html#video-bios-table-vbt)
+* VDDQ Memory/Power: The supply voltage to the output buffers of a memory chip.
 * VESA - Video Electronics Standards Association
 * VGA: Video Graphics Array
 * VID: Vendor Identifier
 * VID: AMD: Voltage Identifier
 * VLB - VESA Local Bus
 * VOIP - Voice over IP
 * Voodoo mode - a silly name for Big Real mode.
+* VMX - Intel: CPU flag for Hardware Virtualization
 * VPD - Vital Product Data
 * VPN - Virtual Private Network
+* VPU - Intel: Versatile Processor Unit
 * VR - Voltage Regulator
 * VRAM - Video Random Access Memory
+* VREF Memory/Power: Reference voltage for the input lines of a chip that determines the voltage level at which the threshold between a logical 1 and a logical 0 occurs. Usually 1/2 VDDQ.
 * VRM - Voltage Regulator Module
 * VT-d - Intel: Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O
+* VTT Memory/Power: Tracking Termination Voltage
+* vUART - Virtual UART
 
 
 ## W
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 * WLAN - Wireless LAN (Local Area Network)
 * WWAN - Telecommunication: Wireless WAN (Wide Area Network)
 * WP - Cache policy: [**Write-Protected**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_%28computing%29)
+* WPT - Intel: Wildcat Point - PCH for Broadwell
 * WO - Write-only
 * WOL - [**Wake-on-LAN**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN)
 * WT - Cache Policy: [**Write Through**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_%28computing%29)
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   supporting 1.x, 2.0, and 3.x devices.
 
 
-
 ## Y
 
+* YCC - Color Space: [**YCbCr**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YCbCr) - A family of color spaces used in video
+
 
 ## Z