Dell 200 Laptop User Manual


 
Abbreviations and Acronyms 1
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Abbreviation
or Acronym Description
A ampere(s)
AC alternating current
ADC analog-to-digital converter
ADI Autodesk Device Interface
AI artificial intelligence
ANSI American National Standards
Institute
ASCII American Standard Code for Infor-
mation Interchange
ASIC application-specific integrated cir-
cuit
BASIC Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic
Instruction Code
BBS bulletin board service
BIOS basic input/output system
bpi bits per inch
bps bits per second
BTU British thermal unit
BZT Bundesamt fur Zulassungen in
der Telekommunikation
CCelsius
CCFT cold cathode fluorescent tube
CD compact disc
CD-ROM compact disc read-only memory
CGA color graphics adapter
cm centimeter(s)
CMOS complementary metal-oxide semi-
conductor
C.O.D. collect on delivery
cpi characters per inch
cpl characters per line
CPU central processing unit
DAC digital-to-analog converter
DASH Dell Advanced SCSI Host
DAT digital audio tape
dB decibel(s)
dBA adjusted decibel(s)
DC direct current
DIN Deutsche Industrie Norm
DIP dual in-line package
DMA direct memory access
DOC Department of Communications
(in Canada)
dpi dots per inch
Abbreviation
or Acronym Description