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. (1999-11-22)