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support.dell.com Abbreviations and Acronyms 1
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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.
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ampere(s)
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alternating current
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analog-to-digital converter
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Autodesk Device Interface
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artificial intelligence
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American National Standards Institute
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American Standard Code for Information
Interchange
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application-specific integrated circuit
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Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic
Instruction Code
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Bulletin Board Service
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basic input/output system
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bits per inch
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bits per second
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British thermal unit
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Bundesamt fur Zulassungen in der
Telekommunikation
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Celsius
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cold cathode fluorescent tube
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compact disc
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compact disc read-only memory
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color graphics adapter
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centimeter(s)