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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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