Siemens 620 appendix Acpi, ASCII-Editor, AuthorsW, Authorization Diskette

Glossary

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AC

Alternating Current. Current that changes its direction at regular intervals.

Access Protection

Access to the programs and data of a programming device can be protected by passwords. The user password or Superuser password can be assigned in the BIOS Setup.

ACPI

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface enables the operating system to supervise the power supply of each device connected to the computer. See also: Power Management.

APM

Advanced Power Management monitors and conserves power on a PC-based system, particularly a battery-powered laptop computer, by enabling programs to communicate their power requirements so that the system can route power away from unused hardware components.

Application

An application is a program which builds directly on, for example, the MS-DOS/Windows operating system. Applications on your programming device are, for example, the STEP 5 Basic package, STEP 7, etc.

ASCII-Editor

With an ASCII editor you can edit text files which are stored in ASCII code.

ATA

Advanced Technology Attachment is the official name for the disk drive interface standard commonly known as Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE). See also: IDE.

AuthorsW

The authorization can be saved on the aithorization diskette again by the menu command Start > Simatic > AuthorsW.

Authorization Diskette

The authorization disk contains the authorization required by the re-installation of a software.

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