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- 1000 See IRIS 1000
- 2000 See IRIS 2000
- 3000 See IRIS 3000
- 4D See IRIS 4D
- 6U width of 6 unit wide VME bus board
- 9U width of 9 unit wide VME bus board
- AL Audio Library
- BVO Broadcast Video Option
- Blackjack Internal name for IP20; Indigo R4000
- PI with a 15" 1024x768 display
- CCIR-601 Component digital video format; aka D1, aka 4:2:2
- CD-ROM Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
- CG2 Genlock and Composite Video Option (9U) ASD machines only
- CG3 Genlock and Composite Video Option (6U) ASC and ESD machines
- CISC Complex Instruction Set Computer
- Clover1 IRIS 4D/G; pre GT graphics
- Clover2 IRIS 4D/GT 4D/GTX graphics
- Crimson SGI's first R4000 system from ASD
- Cypress Internal name for IRIX 4.0 project
- D1 Component digital video format
- D2 Composite digital video format
- DAT Digital Audio Tape
- DID Display ID, determines pixels display mode
- DMA Direct Memory Access
- DSP Digital Signal Processing
- Da Vinci PI 24-bitplane graphics without Z-buffer
- Diehard The code name for the Single Tower chassis
- EEPROM Electrically Erasable PROM
- EFS Extent File System; the native IRIX file system
- EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture
- EMI Electro-Magnetic Interference
- EMR Electro-Magnetic Radiation
- EOE Execution Only Environment
- EPROM Erasable PROM
- EPSF Enscapsulated PostScript
- ESD Electro-Static Discharge
- Eclipse internal name for the PI
- Elan 4 GE version of the Express graphics system
- EntryGraphics Internal name for Starter Graphics
- Everest MP R4000/R4400 system
- Express high-performance graphics system for Indigo and 4D/35 which became known as XS, XS24, XZ, Elan and Extreme.
- Extreme 8 GE version of Express graphics system
- FAQ Frequently Asked Question; or summary of answers to FAQ's
- FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interconnect
- Fullhouse Indigo 2; SGI machine with EISA bus.
- GE Geometry Engine
- GIO Graphics I/O Bus
- GL Graphics Library
- Guinness Internal name for Indy
- HZ Hertz; cycles per second
- Hollywood Internal name for Indigo system
- IDB Image Database; as in inst idb tags
- IDO IRIX Development Option
- IEC The International Electrotechnical Commission (Swiss Name)
- IHV Independent Hardware Vendor
- IL ImageVision Library
- IM IRIS InterfaceMaker; Name for SGI's Motif port
- INITTAB Initialize Network interfaces, ttys, and bring-up.
- IO1 Input/Output Board
- IO2 Input/Output Board
- IO3 Input/Output Board
- IO4 Input/Output Board
- IP Internet Protocol
- IP Iris Processor
- IP Instruction Processor
- IP10 20MHz PI processor (4D/25)
- IP12 The processor board for the Magnum 4D30 (30MHz) and 4D35 (~37MHz) and the Indigo (30MHz)
- IP13 2x33MHz R3000A multiprocessor for 4D/300 series
- IP15 2x40MHz R3000A multiprocessor for 4D/400 series
- IP17 50MHz R4000 processor board for Crimson (4D/510)
- IP19 Everest multiprocessor board
- IP20 50MHz R4000 processor board for Indigo, aka Blackjack
- IP22 Guinness processor board
- IP4 12MHz R2000A processor board for 4D/70 (Clover)
- IP4.5 16.7MHz R2000A processor board for 4D/80
- IP5 2x16.7MHz R3000[A] multiprocessor board (4D/120)
- IP6 12.5MHz R3000 PI processor (4D/20)
- IP7 2x25MHz R3000A multiprocessor for 4D/200 series
- IP9 25MHz R3000A processor for 4D/210
- IRIS Integrated Raster Imaging System; a generic name for Silicon Graphics workstations
- IRIS 1000 Marketing name for first Silicon Graphics line of graphics terminals and workstations; Motorola 68010 based
- IRIS 2000 Marketing name for the second generation of workstations; chief enhancement was a new graphics subsystem; the successor to the IRIS 1000 product line
- IRIS 3000 Marketing name for last set of systems that used the Motorola 68000 series processors (specifically the 68020); the successor to the IRIS 2000 product line
- IRIS 4D Marketing name for line of systems that first used the MIPS RISC processor; the successor to the IRIS 3000 product line
- IRIX IRIS Unix; SGI's version of ATT System V Unix
- ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network; It Still Does Nothing
- ISM Inst Selectable Module; any installable software package
- ISV Independent Software Vendor
- Indigo IRIS Indigo workstation (also, that family of workstations)
- IndySGI's latest low-end Indigo-family machine
- Inst Our IRIX software installation program
- JPEG An image compression standard; Joint Photographic Experts Group
- Juniper 3000 Product Internal Code Name
- kb Kilo byte
- LE Little Endian
- LG1 bluelight
- lg1 Starter graphics hardware name, appears in code
- Lonestar Internal name for IP17 (Crimson) project
- MCO Multi-Channel Option, the VS2
- MG1 board name for Grinch
- MII Panasonic version of Betacam; aka M2
- MIPS Million Instructions Per Second
- MP Multi-processor system
- MPEG An movie compression standard; Motion Picture Experts Group
- Mirage Venice graphics on Everest
- NFS Network file system
- NIS Network Information Service; Same as YP
- Newport graphics hardware for Guinness
- Newpress Indigo with 1 Newport head and 1 Express head
- ng1 Newport graphics hardware name, appears in code
- OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
- pel See Pixel
- PIO Physical (raw) Input and/or Output
- pixel picture element
- PS PostScript page description language from Adobe
- PredatorFirst rack mounted chassis for 4D series of workstations
- R3K MIPS R3000 processor
- R4K MIPS R4000 processor
- RE RealityEngine
- RE1 Raster Engine 1; graphics chip in GR1.1 PI
- RE2 Raster Engine 2; graphics chip in GR1.2 PI
- RGB Red Green and Blue color model
- RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer
- RealityEngine Venice graphics hardware
- S-VHS Super VHS; A consumer/industrial quality video tape format
- S-Video a 2-component video format; used by many Hi-8 and S-VHS decks
- sec Second
- SGI Silicon Graphics, Inc.; the mug and T-shirt company
- SGI Soka Gokai International
- SIGGRAPH ACM Special Interest Group for Computer Graphics
- SMD Storage Module Device
- SNA System Network Architecture
- SONET Synchronous Optical NETwork; Bellcore's optical transmission interface.
- STREAMS AT&T modular device driver interface
- SV1 Internal designation for IndigoVideo product
- SVID System V Interface Description
- SVR4 System 5 Unix Release 4 from USL
- SW Software
- Shamrock Clover1
- Sherwood IRIX 5.0 based on ATT SVR4 from USL
- SkyWriter Dual-headed 10-span VGXT or RealityEngine
- Span Vertical columns of pixels i.e., "10-span VGX"
- Stapuft Development name for VGX graphics
- Starter Lowest cost 1024x768 graphics system for Indigo, aka Entry Graphics
- svideo IDB designation for IndigoVideo software
- T5 Next generation processor project, as far as we know;
- TAC Technical Assistance Center. Obsoleted by CSE
- TCP Transmission Control Protocol
- TFLU Totally Front Loadable Unit, refers to the second generation of Personal IRIS chassis where the main system disk (a 5 1/4" full height unit) was removable from the front of the unit be simply removing a plastic cover.
- TFP Twin peaks floating point
- Terminator The second generation rack chassis for the 4D series. First shipment with the Onyx and Challenge line
- Twin Peaks High-performance floating point version of R4000
- Ultra 8 GE version of the Express graphics system, a.k.a Extreme
- V-LAN Video-LAN; a product of Videomedia for controlling video device
- VAD Value Added Dealer
- VAR Value Added Reseller
- VC VideoCreator
- VFR VideoFramer
- VFS Virtual File System; SUN's file system switch architecture, used by SVR4
- VGX 1990 highest end graphics machine
- VINO Video in, no out; video chip for Guinness
- VL Video library
- VL VideoLab
- VLI Another name for VideoLab
- VME VersaModule Eurocard; 32-bit bus SGI machines use
- VO1 VideoLab
- VO2 Next generation VideoLab
- VS1 VideoSplitter
- VS2 VideoSplitter2
- VTR Video Tape Recorder
- Venice 1992 highest end graphics machine
- W4D Part of Marketing code name for workstation OS
- X The X window system
- XS 1 GE Express with 8-bit graphics
- XS24 1 GE Express with 24-bit graphics
- XS24Z1 GE Express with 24-bit graphics and hardware z-buffer
- XZ2 GE Express
- Xsgi The Silicon Graphics X Server
- YC Luminance-Chrominance; a color system
- ViewKit C++ Application Framework for building Motif Applications
- YP Yellow Pages; A distributed name service now called NIS
- YUV A color encoding scheme Y is perceived brightness, U and V are color difference signals
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