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Extended System Configuration Data

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(operating system)Extended System Configuration Data - (ESCD) An area of memory, not exceeding 32 kilobytes in size, used by MS-DOS(?) as NVRAM for PNP BIOS and PNP OS. It must be writeable at run time.

Intel's ICU also uses ESCD to store information for PNP ISA cards and legacy ISA cards.


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Authored the Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) specification with Compaq and Intel.
 
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