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ADC
|
analog-to-digital converter
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ANSI
|
American National Standards Institute
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AOCE
|
Apple Open Collaborative Environment
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API
|
application programming interface
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ASCII
|
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
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ASIC
|
application-specific integrated circuit
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ASLM
|
Apple Shared Library Manager
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AV
|
audio/video
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BIOS
|
basic I/O system
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CD-ROM
|
compact disc ROM
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CFM
|
Code Fragment Manager
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CLUT
|
color lookup table
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CPU
|
central processing unit
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DAC
|
digital-to-analog converter
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DAV
|
digital audio/video
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DCE
|
device control entry
|
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DDC
|
Display Data Channel
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DEVSEL
|
device select
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DLL
|
Driver Loader Library
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DLPI
|
Data Link Provider Interface
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DLSAP
|
data link service access point
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DMA
|
direct memory access
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DPMS
|
Device Power Management Standard
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DSAP
|
destination service access point
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DSL
|
Driver Services Library
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FDDI
|
Fiber Distributed Data Interface
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FIFO
|
first in, first out
|
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FPI
|
family programming interface
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FTP
|
file transfer protocol
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HFS
|
hierarchical file system
|
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IC
|
integrated circuit
|
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ID
|
identifier
|
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IDE
|
Integrated Drive Electronics
|
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IDR
|
interrupt disabler routine
|
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IEEE
|
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
|
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IER
|
interrupt enabler routine
|
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IIC
|
inter-IC control (also called
I2C)
|
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I/O
|
input/output
|
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IOPB
|
I/O parameter block
|
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IPX
|
Internet Packet Exchange
|
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ISA
|
Instrument Society of America
|
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ISR
|
interrupt service routine
|
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IST
|
interrupt source tree
|
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LIFO
|
last in, first out
|
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LSB
|
least significant byte
|
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LUN
|
logical unit number
|
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MPEG
|
Motion Picture Expert Group
|
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MPW
|
Macintosh Programmer's Workshop
|
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MSB
|
most significant byte
|
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n.a.
|
not applicable
|
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NC
|
no connection
|
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NTSC
|
National Television System Committee
|
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NVRAM
|
nonvolatile RAM
|
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PAL
|
Phased Alternate Lines
|
|
PCI
|
Peripheral Component Interconnect
|
|
PCMCIA
|
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
|
|
PEF
|
Preferred Execution Format
|
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PLL
|
phase-locked loop
|
|
PRAM
|
parameter RAM
|
|
RAM
|
random-access memory
|
|
RGB
|
red-green-blue
|
|
RISC
|
reduced instruction set computing
|
|
ROM
|
read-only memory
|
|
SAP
|
service access point
|
|
SCSI
|
Small Computer System Interface
|
|
SECAM
|
Système Electronique Couleur avec Mémoire
|
|
SGR
|
Select Graphic Rendition
|
|
SIG
|
special interest group
|
|
SIM
|
SCSI Interface Module
|
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SNAP
|
subnet access protocol
|
|
SNR
|
signal-to-noise ratio
|
|
SPI
|
system programming interface
|
|
SSAP
|
source service access point
|
|
TCP/IP
|
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
|
|
TPI
|
Transport Provider Interface
|
|
VBL
|
vertical blanking
|
|
VCR
|
videocassette recorder
|
|
VESA
|
Video Electronics Standards Association
|
|
VGA
|
video graphics adapter
|
|
VIA
|
versatile interface adapter
|
|
VRAM
|
video RAM
|
|
VSL
|
Video Services Library
|
|
XID
|
exchange identifier
|
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XPT
|
transport
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