Glossary of Acronyms

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WFM - Wired For Management. An Intel specification designed to lower an IT organization's overall cost of PC ownership. The WFM 1.1 spec includes a mix of hardware, software and networking pieces that eventually will be automatically monitored, managed and repaired over a LAN or WAN.

WPCOM - Write Precompensation. The cylinder number at which electrical current to a hard drive head changes to compensate for differences in data density across the disk surface.

WRAM - Windows RAM. Special very expensive RAM for professional color graphics and high speed. Windows RAM, created by Samsung, is dual ported, but costs about 20% less than VRAM and is 50% faster. It runs at 50 MHz and is optimized for acceleration and can transfer blocks and supports text and pattern fills. Mostly used for video cards.

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