
Title: C79EGMST CreationDate: 02/10/98 09:24:42
Glossary
This glossary includes terms and | BIOS |
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ac | power . |
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| bitmap |
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| Power | that | is | suppliedin towhichthe all |
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computer | through | an | electrical | outlet. |
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Advanced | Power | Management | (APM) |
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of software that support power | can |
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management in computers with powerboot . To prepare a computer system for | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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software | interface | allows | applications, |
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operating | systems, | device | drivers, | and |
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the APM BIOS to work together tobps . | Bits | per | second. In | serial |
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reduce | power | consumption, | without transmission, | the | instantaneous |
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reducing | system | performance. |
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ANSI . | American | National | Standards | a | character. |
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Institute. |
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APM . |
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performs specific tasks on your cache memory |
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creating | spreadsheets. |
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ASCII . | American | National | Standard | and |
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Code | for | Information | Interchange. |
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ATA | PC | Card |
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attachment | hard | disk | drive | interface | such |
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AUTOEXEC.BAT |
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| Docking | the | computer | to | |||||||||||
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| the docking station when the computer is | ||||||||||||||||||
startup | procedure | of |
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commands | that | are |
| stored | in | this file. | keys |
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backup copy |
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or group of files, that is kept in case | the |
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original | file | or | files | are | unintentionally | . |
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changed | or | destroyed. |
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| CONFIG.SYS |
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Copyright IBM Corp. 1998 | 181 |