Glossary

387SX/SL

A special-purpose CMOS integrated circuit used to assist the microprocessor chip and speed up certain kinds of mathematical calculations and graphics displays. The computer has a socket to accommodate either a Cyrix Cx387SLC or an Intel 387SX/SL multifrequency numeric coprocessor.

486SLC

A CMOS process technology integrated circuit; the central processing unit (CPU) of your computer.

AC adapter

The device that converts AC voltage from a wall outlet into the proper DC voltage to power your computer. The AC adapter also charges the battery pack while it is in the computer.

Address

A number or name that identifies the location of each piece of information in the computer’s memory.

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A standard system for encoding text characters, such as letters, numbers, and symbols. An ASCII character occupies one byte of storage. Many different computers, printers, and programs can use files stored in ASCII code.

AUTOEXEC.BAT file

A batch file that MS-DOS executes automatically each time you turn on or reset the computer. See also Batch file.

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