Glossary 1
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The following list defines or identifies
technical terms, abbreviations, and acro-
nyms used in Dell user documents.
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Abbreviation for ampere(s).
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Abbreviation for alternating current.
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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.