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Glossary
Symbol Prefix Value
ppico10
–12
nnano10
–9
μmicro 10–6
m milli 10–3
k kilo 103
Mmega10
6
Ggiga10
9
Ttera10
12
Symbols
• Degrees
ΩOhms
% Percent
A
A Amperes
A/D Analog-to-digital. Most often used as A/D converter.
AC Alternating Current
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface
ANSI American National Standards Institute
API Application Programming Interface—A standardized set of subroutines or
functions along with the parameters that a program can call.