Glossary 1

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The following list defines or identifies
technical terms, abbreviations, and
acronyms used in Dell® user documen ts.

NOTE: Unless otherwise specified,

these definitions may not apply to

operating systems other than

Microsoft

®

Windows

®

95 and

Windows NT

®
.
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Abbreviation for ampere(s).
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Abbreviation for alternating current.
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Abbrevia tion for Adv anced Con figurati on
and Power Interface. ACPI enables
operatin g-s ys tem -di rec ted pow er
management rather than system BIOS-
directed power management. In addition,
it prov ides a gen eric syst em event mech-
anism for Plug and Play and an interface
for configuration control.
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An expansion card that plugs into an
expansion-card connector on the comput-
er’s system board. An adapter ca rd adds
some s pecialize d functio n to the com put-
er by providing an interface between the
expansion bus and a peripheral device. Ex-
amples of adapter c ards incl ude network
cards, sound cards, and SCSI adapters.
$',
Abbreviation for Autodesk Device
Interface.
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Abbreviati on for accel era ted gra phi cs
port. AGP is a dedicated graphics port that
provides a faster interface between the
video subsystem and system memory
than a PCI graphics device and allows
conventional memory to be used for
video-related tasks. The improved inter-
face enables AGP to deliver a smooth,
true-color video image.
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Software, such as a sp readsheet or word
processo r, designe d to help you perform
a specific task or series of tasks. Applica-
tion programs run from the operating
system.
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Acronym for American Standard Code for
Information Interchange. A text file con-
taining only characters from the ASCII
chara ct e r set (usu al ly created with a text
editor, such as Notepad 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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An individ ual code assigned to a co mpu t-
er, usually by a system administrator, for
security or tracking purposes.
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