EUROCOM 3400 UltraLite User Manual page 135

G Glossary
A - B
ACPI
Advanced Configuration and
Power Interface. A power
management specification
developed by Intel, Toshiba
and Microsoft that makes
hardware status information
available to the operating
system. It enables a PC to
turn its peripherals on and
off for improved power man-
agement.
Adapter
(1) A device that allows com-
patibility between different
equipment.
(2) A printed circuit board
that connects a system board
to a peripheral I/O device (de-
vices) or adds specialized
functions to the system.
Address
An identification, such as a
label, number, or name that
designates a particular loca-
tion in storage or any other
data destination or source.
Application
A program such as a word
processor, image editor or
database.
ASCII
An acronym for American
Standard Code for Informa-
tion Interchange. A 7-bit
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