Users Guide
support.dell.com Abbreviations and Acronyms 1
The following list defines or identifies
technical terms, abbreviations, and acro-
nyms used in Dell user documents.
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified,
these definitions may not apply to oper-
ating systems other than Microsoft
Windows 9x and Windows NT.
ampere(s)
alternating current
analog-to-digital converter
Autodesk Device Interface
artificial intelligence
American National Standards Institute
American Standard Code for Information
Interchange
application-specific integrated circuit
Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic
Instruction Code
Bulletin Board Service
basic input/output system
bits per inch
bits per second
British thermal unit
Bundesamt fur Zulassungen in der
Telekommunikation
Celsius
cold cathode fluorescent tube
compact disc
compact disc read-only memory
color graphics adapter
centimeter(s)