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Abbreviation for ampere(s).

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Access control list. A list that contains the users’ or groups’ access rights to each share.

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An expansion card that plugs into an expansion-card connector on the comput- er’s system board. An adapter card adds some specialized function to the comput- er by providing an interface between the expansion bus and a peripheral device. Ex- amples of adapter cards include network cards, sound boards, and SCSI adapters.

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Abbreviation for analog-to-digital converter.

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Abbreviation for Autodesk Device Interface.

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The client you specify during filer setup for managing the filer. The setup pro- gram automatically configures the filer to accept telnet and rsh connections from this client, to give permission to this client for mounting the / and /home

directories, and to use this client as the mailhost for sending autosupport email messages. At any time after you run the setup program, you can configure the filer to work with other clients in the same way as it does with the administra- tion host.

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Abbreviation for artificial intelligence.

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Acronym for American National Standards Institute.

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Abbreviation for American Power Conversion.

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Software designed to help you perform a specific task, such as a spreadsheet or word processor. Application programs are distinct from operating system and utility software.

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Acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A text file con- taining only characters from the ASCII character set (usually created with a text

editor, such as MS-DOS®Editor or Note- pad in Windows), is called an ASCII file.

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Acronym for application-specific integrat- ed circuit.

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Advanced SCSI programming interface.

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