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1. ABS in A, n. View full entry 1957
...acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, a hard composite thermoplastic used to make rigid moulded products such as car bodies and cases for computers; freq. attrib....
2. ADSL in A, n. View full entry 1991
...asymmetric (also asynchronous) digital subscriber line (or loop), a technology for the transmission of digital data over standard copper telephone lines which allows the high-speed transmission of signals from the telephone network...
3. AI in A, n. View full entry 1963
...artificial intelligence....
4. ALU in A, n. View full entry 1956
...arithmetic and logic(al) unit....
5. API in A, n. View full entry 1982
...application programming (also program) interface....
6. APL in A, n. View full entry 1966
...a high-level programming language, typically used for mathematical computations....
7. ASIC in A, n. View full entry 1983
...(also with pronunciation ˈasɪkˈeɪsɪkˈæsɪkˈeɪsɪk) application-specific integrated circuit, an integrated circuit designed for one or more specific functions, rather than for general use....
8. ASP in A, n. View full entry 1998
...application service provider....
9. ATM in A, n. View full entry 1987
...asynchronous transfer mode....
10. AVI in A, n. View full entry 1991
...Audio Video Interleave (or Interleaved), a file format for the storage of digital video and audio sequences....
11. abort, n. View full entry 1954
...orig. Aeronaut. A mission, procedure, or enterprise that is abandoned or curtailed before it has achieved its intended effect; the abandonment or curtailment of a mission, procedure, or enterprise; the...
12. absolute address in absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry 1951
...an actual address (address6c), as determined by the hardware of a computer; an address expressed in machine language; cf. relative addressrelative....
13. absolute addressing in absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry 1960
...the use of absolute addresses....
14. accelerator board in accelerator, n. View full entry 1981
...= accelerator card...
15. accelerator card in accelerator, n. View full entry 1982
...an expansion board which speeds up a computer, typically by allowing a particular type of operation to be performed more quickly; esp. one allowing three-dimensional graphics to be rendered faster...
16. accentuation, n. View full entry 1683
...The marking of accents in writing, printing, or (now) through a computer keyboard; notation using accents....
17. access, n. View full entry c1384
...The power, opportunity, permission, or right to come near or into contact with someone or something; admittance; admission....
18. access, n. View full entry 1957
...Computing. The opportunity, means, or permission to gain entrance to or use a system, network, file, etc....
19. access, n. View full entry 1948
...Computing. The process or an act of obtaining or retrieving data from storage. Freq. attrib. Cf. access2....
20. access time in access, n. View full entry 1948
...the time taken to retrieve data from storage....
