interface standard
type of technical standard that describes one or more functional or physical characteristics to allow information exchange between devices
Media Independent Interface
interface standard for communications between a media access control (MAC) layer system and physical layer device (PHY)
Intelligent Platform Management Interface
interface standard
ground-level power supply
alternative method of third rail electrical pick-up for street trams
medium access control
service layer in IEEE 802 network standards
Serial Attached SCSI
point-to-point serial protocol for enterprise storage
Unified Display Interface
Digital video interface specification
Qi
open inductive charging interface standard developed by the Wireless Power Consortium
overhead contact line
single or rarely double wire used to transmit electrical energy to trains, trams, or trolleybuses, hanging above the route of the vehicle
communication protocol
system for exchanging messages between computing systems
bus
system that transfers data between components within a computer
Digital Visual Interface
standard for transmitting digital video to a display
Apple Display Connector
proprietary modification of the DVI connector
DIN sync
synchronization interface for electronic musical instruments
Universal Serial Bus
external data bus to connect peripheral devices to a host computer
Serial ATA
computer bus interface for storage devices
PC Card
expansion card standard for laptop computers
fourth rail
type of electricity transmission for railways, resulting in two rails carrying the weight and two additional rails conducting electricity
Thunderbolt
computer hardware interface
CAN bus
serial communication standard
third rail
type of electricity transmission of railways, particularly common in metro networks, one pole has a third rail, and the other pole is grounded and connected to the two primary rails
DIN connector
family of circular connectors
pickup shoe
current collector of trains running on tracks electrified with third rail (or rarely fourth rail)
drive interface
computer bus used for data storage
North American Charging Standard
electric vehicle charging standard originally developed by Tesla, Inc.
High-Definition Multimedia Interface
proprietary audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data
Digital Interface for Video and Audio
bi-directional audio/video interface
medium dependent interface
interface between a communications system physical device (PHY) and the data link it communicates over
Parallel SCSI
original SCSI computer storage bus
GB/T charging standard
Chinese electric vehicle charging standard