Appendix C Acronyms and Abbreviations
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This appendix contains a list of selected acronyms and abbreviations used in the guide.
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface BDS Boot Device Selection BIOS Basic Input/Output System CPU Central Processing Unit CRTM Core Root of Trust for Measurement DXE Driver Execution Environment EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory EFI Extensible Firmware Interface FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard FISMA Federal Information Security Management Act GPT GUID Partition Table GUID Globally Unique Identifier HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol IT Information Technology ITL Information Technology Laboratory MBR Master Boot Record NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer OMB Office of Management and Budget OS Operating System PEI Pre-EFI Initialization POST Power-on self-test PXE Preboot Execution Environment ROM Read-only Memory RT Runtime RTU Root of Trust for Update SMI System Management Interrupt SMM System Management Mode SP Special Publication TPM Trusted Platform Module UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface