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Abbreviation for ampere(s).

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Abbreviation for alternating current.

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Abbreviation for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. ACPI enables operating-system-directed power management rather than system BIOS- directed power management. In addition, it provides a generic system 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 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 cards, and SCSI adapters.

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Abbreviation for Autodesk Device Interface.

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Abbreviation for accelerated graphics 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 spreadsheet or word processor, designed 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 character set (usually 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 individual code assigned to a comput- er, usually by a system administrator, for security or tracking purposes.

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