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Glossary
Dell™ PowerEdge™ 400SC Systems User's Guide
The following list defines or identifies technical terms, abbreviations, and acronyms used in your system documents:
A
Ampere(s)
AC
Alternating current
ACPI
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
AGP
Advanced graphics port
ambient temperature
The temperature of the area or room where the system is located
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
application
Software designed to help you perform a specific task or series of tasks. Applications run from the operating system.
ARI
Analog Rack Interface
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
asset tag
An individual code assigned to a system, usually by a system administrator, for security or tracking purposes
backup
A copy of a program or data file. As a precaution, back up your system's hard drive on a regular basis. Before making a change to the configuration of your
system, back up important start-up files from your operating system.
backup battery
The backup battery maintains system configuration, date, and time information in a special section of memory when the system is turned off.