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Average Access Time |
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ABIOS |
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Advanced BIOS |
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Application |
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Software like Word, Excel or a Web browser which use the service's of the computers operating system and other supporting applications. |
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Access time |
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How long it takes to retrieve data from a drive in milliseconds, the access time is made up of seek time, settle time and latency. |
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AGP |
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Accelerated graphics port is an expansion slot on the motherboard that gives a video card fast access to image data. |
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ADC |
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ADC or analogue to digital converter, a chip that converts an analogue signal to a digital value that a PC can manipulate |
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ASCII |
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ASCII or American standard code for information interchange. |
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AVI |
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Audio/video interleave is a file that combines of video and sound. (file name extension) |
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AMD |
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Advanced Micro Devices. |
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Animated Cursor (file name extension) |
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AOL |
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America Online |
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APPLETS |
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Applications |
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ATAPI |
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Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface |
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AT&T |
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American Telephone and Telegraph |
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AUTOEXEC |
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Automatic Execution |
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ADSL |
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Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. A modem, which gives much more bandwidth than a 56K modem. |
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ACPI |
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Advanced Configuration and Power Interface |
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APM |
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Advanced Power Management. Works by turning off the hard disk and other components when the PC is idle. |
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Active Streaming Format. A multimedia file format from Microsoft.(file name extension) |
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ASPI |
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Advanced SCSI Programming Interface. |
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BASIC |
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Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
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.BAT |
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Batch Processing (file name extension) |
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BIT |
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Binary Digit |
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BSI |
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British Standards Institute |
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BYTE |
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Binary Element String |
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BIOS |
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Basic input/output system, the BIOS is a collection of software codes built into a BIOS chip that resides on the |
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motherboard. The BIOS chip handles some of the fundamental tasks of sending data from part of the computer to |
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Boot or boot-up |
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This is the sequence of events that take place when your computer is first switched on. The term comes from the old idea |
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of pulling yourself by your bootstraps. |
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Bug |
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A flaw or error in software that usually causes the software to malfunction, freeze or crash when it encounters specific situations. |
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Binary |
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Binary is the computers native language. Binary consists of only two integers 0 and 1. |
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Bandwidth |
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The number of bits that can be sent through a network connection measured in seconds (bps, bits per second) |
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Bitmap |
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The most common graphic file that contains a record of the colour value of each pixel in the graphic. |
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BUS |
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The circuitry and chips that manage the transfer of the data from one device to another. |
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Browser |
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A PC program that displays pages from the Internet. |
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Black box |
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An expression for an electronic component, whose function is not understood. |
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Buffer |
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A buffer is a little space for data storage. The buffer is placed between two computer units, which exchange data. |
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Baud |
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A measurement of a modem transmission speed. One baud equals a transfer of one bit per second. |
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Bluetooth |
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Bluetooth is a standard for digital radio based (wireless) data transfer. |
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BBS |
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Bulletin Board System. It is a computer which the users can contact to gain access to downloads or updates, |
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etc. |
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BCC |
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Blind Carbon Copy, used in e-mails |
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