Asus EZ Flash 3

Asus’ tool for updating the BIOS.

Asus Performance Enhancement (APE)

BIOS optimization from ASUS.

Bclk

Base Clock

BIOS

Basic Input/Output System

CCD

Core Chiplet Die

CCX

Core Complex

CAS Latency

Column Access Strobe Latency

DIMM

Dual In-line Memory Module. Also known as a RAM stick.

D.O.C.P.

DRAM OverClock Profile. Asus’ term for XMP on AMD systems.

ECC

Error Correcting Code

Fclk

Infinity Fabric Clock

IBS

Instruction Based Sampling

IOUMMU

I/O Memory Management Unit

Key Management

An integral part of the Secure Boot process for Windows.

LN2

Liquid Nitrogen

MBIST

Memory Built In Self Test

MCA

Machine-Check Architecture

Memory Bank

A logical unit of storage.

Memory Rank

A set of DRAM chips.

Northbridge/Southbridge

Chipsets that manage input/output for a computer system.

NUMA

Non-Uniform Memory Access

NVDIMM

Non-Volatile Dual In-Line Memory Module

NVMe

Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface Specification or NVM Express for short.

PCIe

Peripheral Component Interconnect express

PHY

Physical Layer

POST

Power-On Self-Test

PPIN

Protected Processor Identification Number

Precision Boost Overdrive

Feature of newer Ryzen CPUs to improve performance. Here is another explanation from Gamers Nexus

RAID

Redundant Array of Independent Disks

RAS Precharge (tRP)

Command for closing an activated row.

ReSize BAR

Resizeable Base Address Register. The more generic term for AMD’s SAM

SAM

Smart Access Memory

SATA

Serial ATA

SEV

Secure Encrypted Virtualization

SME

Secure Memory Encryption

SPD

Serial Presence Detect

Thunderbolt

Hardware interface developed by Intel.

TPM

Trusted Platform Module.

TPU (Turbo Progress Unit)

Asus overclocking utility

True Latency

A measure of RAM speed.

TSME

Transparent Secure Memory Encryption

UEFI

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

VDDCR

Voltage that is supplied to the CPU core.

VRM

Voltage Regulator Module

XHCI

eXtensible Host Controller Interface

XMP

eXtreme Memory Profile