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Glossary
Dell™ PowerEdge™ 750 Systems User's Guide
This section 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; a standard interface for enabling the operating system to direct configuration and power management
ambient temperature
The temperature of the area or room where the system is located
ANSI
American National Standards Institute; the primary organization for developing technology standards in the U.S.
application
Software designed to help you perform a specific task or series of tasks. Applications run from the operating system.
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
asset tag
An individual code assigned to a system, usually by an 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
A battery that maintains system configuration, date, and time information in a special section of memory when the system is turned off
beep code
A diagnostic message in the form of a pattern of beeps from your system's speaker. For example, one beep, followed by a second beep, and then a burst of
three beeps is beep code 1-1-3.
BIOS
Basic input/output system. Your system's BIOS contains programs stored on a flash memory chip. The BIOS controls the following: