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Microsoft® Computer Dictionary
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Microsoft® Computer Dictionary

by Microsoft Press
March 2002
Intermediate to advanced
656 pages
32h 54m
English
Microsoft Press
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Chapter 2. A

Å n.

See angstrom n..

A or a n.

See ampere n..

A: or a: n.

In Windows and some other operating systems, the identifier used for the first, or primary, floppy disk drive. Unless otherwise specified by changing the CMOS startup instructions, this is the drive the operating system checks first for startup instructions.

AAL n.

See ATM Adaptation Layer n..

abandonware n.

Discontinued video or computer games. Abandonware is often collected and played by computer game enthusiasts on refurbished systems or on PCs running emulator software. See also arcade game n., emulator n., MAME n..

ABC n.

1. Acronym for Atanasoff-Berry Computer. The first electronic digital computer, created by John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry of Iowa State University in 1942. ...

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