{"id":1064,"date":"2013-11-25T08:36:57","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T08:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=1064"},"modified":"2023-11-24T06:55:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T06:55:45","slug":"uefi-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/uefi-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"UEFI Terms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UEFI is short for Unified Extensible Firmware Interface which is the interface between the operating system and the platform firmware. And the UEFI BIOS has become increasingly popular because of its advantages compared with legacy BIOS. Consequently, with the purpose of learning UEFI BIOS well, you need to learn its related terms first. So the <strong><a title=\"UEFI Terms\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/uefi-terms\/\">UEFI terms<\/a><\/strong>, both the abbreviations and the full names, are listed in the following of the article.<\/p>\n<p>ACPI\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Advanced Configuration and Power Interface<br \/>\nAMT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Active Management Tech<br \/>\nASL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 ACPI Source Language<br \/>\nBFV\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Boot Firmware Volume<br \/>\nCSM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Compatibility Support Module<br \/>\nDEC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Package Declaration<br \/>\nDEPEX\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dependency Expression<br \/>\nDSC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Platform Build Description<br \/>\nDXE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Driver Execution Environment<br \/>\nEBC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EFI Byte Compiler<br \/>\nEC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Embedded Controller<br \/>\nECP\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EDK Compatibility Package<br \/>\nEDK\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Embedded Development Kit<br \/>\nEFI\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Extensible Firmware Interface<br \/>\nFDF\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Flash Device File<br \/>\nFFS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Firmware Fils System<br \/>\nFV\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Firmware Volume<br \/>\nGC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Graphics Console<br \/>\nHOB\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hand-Off Block<br \/>\nINF\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Information File<br \/>\nIPF\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Itanium Processor Family<br \/>\nIPL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DXE Initial Program Load<br \/>\nMDE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Module Development Environment<br \/>\nME\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Manageability Engine<br \/>\nMIPI\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mobile Industry Processor Interface<br \/>\nPCD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Platform Configuration Database<br \/>\nPEI\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pre-EFI Initialization<br \/>\nPEIM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PEI Module<br \/>\nPPI\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PEIM to PEIM Interface<br \/>\nSCU\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 System Control Unit<br \/>\nSEC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Security<br \/>\nSMI\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 System Management Interrupt<br \/>\nTDP\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thermal Design Power<br \/>\nTPM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Trusted Platform Module<br \/>\nTXT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Trusted Execution Technology<br \/>\nUMIT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 USB 2.0 Transceiver Macrocell Interface<br \/>\nULPI\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 UMIT+Low Pin Interface<br \/>\nVFR\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Visual Forms Representation<\/p>\n<p>To make a conclusion, these terms are frequently seen in some articles or web pages relating with UEFI. Hence, after studying the terms, you will find it easier for you to learn the knowledge about UEFI when searching its information on the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Related Articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"How to Remove BIOS Password\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-bios-password\/\">How to Remove BIOS Password<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"How to Set BIOS Password to Your Computer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-set-bios-password-to-your-computer-3\/\">How to Set BIOS Password to Your Computer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UEFI is short for Unified Extensible Firmware Interface which is the interface between the operating system and the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-computer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1064"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6956,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064\/revisions\/6956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}