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Abbreviations and Acronyms
Dell™PowerEdge™2500SystemsInstallationandTroubleshootingGuide
The following list defines or identifies technical terms, abbreviations, and acronyms used in Dell user documents.
NOTE:Unlessotherwisespecified,thesedefinitionsmaynotapplytooperatingsystemsotherthanMicrosoft®Windows®95 and Windows NT®.
A
ampere(s)
AC
alternating current
ACPI
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
ADC
analog-to-digital converter
ADI
Autodesk Device Interface
AI
artificial intelligence
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
APIC
Advanced Peripheral Interrupt Controller
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASIC
application-specific integrated circuit
B
BASIC
Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BBS
bulletin board service
BIOS
basic input/output system
bpi
bits per inch
bps
bits per second
BTU
British thermal unit