Dell PowerEdge XK946 Hardware Owner's Manual page 171

Glossary
A — Ampere(s).
AC — Alternating current.
ACP I — Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. A standard interface for
enabling the operating system to direct configuration and power management.
A M B I E N T T E M P E R A T U R E
located.
ANSI — American National Standards Institute. The primary organization for
developing technology standards in the U.S.
— Software designed to help you perform a specific task or series of
A P P L I C A T I O N
tasks. Applications run from the operating system.
ASC II — American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
— An individual code assigned to a system, usually by an administrator,
A S S E T T A G
for security or tracking purposes.
— A copy of a program or data file. As a precaution, back up your system's
B A C K U P
hard drive on a regular basis. Before making a change to the configuration of your
system, back up important start-up files from your operating system.
B A C K U P B A T T E R Y
information in a special section of memory when the system is turned off.
— A diagnostic message in the form of a pattern of beeps from your
B E E P C O D E
system's speaker. For example, one beep, followed by a second beep, and then a burst
of three beeps is beep code 1-1-3.
BI OS — Basic input/output system. Your system's BIOS contains programs stored on
a flash memory chip. The BIOS controls communications between the processor and
peripheral devices and miscellaneous functions, such as system messages
— The smallest unit of information interpreted by your system.
B I T
— A module that contains a processor, memory, and a hard drive. The
B L A D E
modules are mounted into a chassis that includes power supplies and fans.
BMC — Baseboard management controller.
— A program that clears all memory, initializes devices, and loads the
B O O T R O U T I N E
operating system when you start your system. Unless the operating system fails to
respond, you can reboot (also called warm boot) your system by pressing
— The temperature of the area or room where the system is
— A battery that maintains system configuration, date, and time
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