Glossary
387SX/SL
A special-purpose CMOS integrated circuit used to assist the
microprocessor chip and speed up certain kinds of mathematical
calculations and graphics displays. The computer has a socket to
accommodate either a Cyrix Cx387SLC
or
an Intel 387SX/SL
multifrequency numeric coprocessor.
486SLC
A CMOS process technology integrated circuit; the central processing
unit (CPU) of your computer.
AC adapter
The device that converts AC voltage from a wall outlet into the proper
DC voltage to power your computer. The AC adapter also charges the
battery pack while it is in the computer.
Address
A number or name that identifies the location of each piece of
information in the computer’s memory.
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A standard
system for encoding text characters, such as letters, numbers, and
symbols. An ASCII character occupies one byte of storage. Many
different computers, printers, and programs can use files stored in
ASCII code.
AUTOEXEC.BAT file
A batch file that MS-DOS executes automatically each time you turn
on or reset the computer.
See
also
Batch file.
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