EUROCOM 8880 Dream Machine, User Manual

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Glossary
A
AC
(
A
lternating
C
urrent) - The power from a standard household
electrical outlet.
adapter
- A device that allows compatibility between different
equipment. An AC adapter converts AC current to DC current which
is needed to operate a computer.
AGP ( A ccelerated G raphics P ort) - A high-speed graphics port that
provides a direct connection between the display adapter and mem-
ory
application - A program such as a word processor, database or im-
age editor.
B
BIOS
(
B
asic
I
nput
O
utput
S
ystem) - An essential set of routines in
a PC, which is stored on a chip and provides an interface between the
operating system and the hardware.
bit ( b inary d igit) - The smallest unit of information on a machine. If
a computer is a 32-bit machine it may mean that its data registers are
32 bits wide or that it uses 32 bits to identify each address in memory.