Index
A
AC (alternating current) power, 33, 315, 319
Access point (AP), 534-535
Active backplane, 73
Active matrix LCD display, 372-373, 393-395
ActiveMovie, 556
Address bus, 51
Address gateway, 523
ADSL (asymmetrical DSL), 532-533
AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port), 79, 90, 224,
256, 268, 500-502
AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format), 551
ALi (Acer Laboratories Inc) chipsets, 101
AMD microprocessors, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68
AMI BIOS beep code set, 114
Amplifiers, 543
Amps, 33, 312-313
Analog signals and devices, 26-27, 256, 270,
389, 550-551
AND Boolean algebra operations, 44-45, 48
Antialiasing, 387
Antistatic bags, 319
Antistatic hazards, 319
Antistatic mats, 318
Antistatic wrist strap, 34-35, 317-318, 400
Antivirus software, 595Aperture grill monitors, 383-386
Apollo chipsets, 103-104
Apple Computer, 10, 13-14
Apple computers, 9, 14, 73
Areal density of a disk, 190
ASCII character data, 459-461, 480-482
ASICs (Application Specific Integration
Circuits), 88
Aspect ratio of a monitor, 264, 374
Asynchronous cache, 163
Asynchronous communications, 485-488
AT commands, 530
ATAPI (ATA Packet Interface), 185
Attenuation, 516
ATX motherboards, 76-79
ATX power supply, 79, 321, 325-326
AU (audio) files, 551
Audio adapters, 540
Audio CD, 203
Audio interfaces, 554
Audio/visual devices, 539-566
A/V outputs, 239
Average seek time, 190
AVI (audio/visual interleaved) format, 556
Award BIOS beep code set, 114
Azimuth, 181639
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