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Glossary
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ac | (AC) . |
| Alternating | current. |
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computer | through |
| an | electrical outletBIOS (Basic. | Input/Output | System) |
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Advanced | Power | Management |
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A facility | consisting | of | one | or | more |
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of | software | that | support | power | manage- |
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ment in | computers | with | power |
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able | hardware. |
| The | APM | software bitmap |
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ANSI . |
| American | National | Standards | boot . |
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APM . |
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performs specific tasks on your whichcom- |
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ASCII . |
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Code | for | Information | Interchange. |
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attachment | hard |
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as | a | storage | device | PC | Card. | cache |
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startup | procedure | of | DOS. | Each | time |
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start | your | system, | DOS | performs | the |
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backup | copy |
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or group of files, that is kept in |
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original | file | or |
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Copyright IBM Corporation 1999 | 151 |