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Dictionary of Computers - A

Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
absolute
Accelerated Graphics Port
acceptable use
Access
access privilege
access provider
access time
account
accumulator
ack
ACM
Acorn
acoustic coupler
Acrobat
acronym
Active Desktop
active matrix LCD
Active Server Page
active window
ActiveX
Ada
ADC
add-on
adder (circuit)
address (e-mail)
address book
address bus
Adobe
Adobe Type Manager
ADSL
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
advertising
agent
AGP
AI
Aiken, Howard Hathaway
Aldus PageMaker
ALGOL
algorithm
alias
aliasing
ALife
Allen, Paul Gardner
alpha
alpha channel
alphanumeric data
alt hierarchy
AltaVista
ALU
Amazon.com
AMD
Amdahl, Gene
America Online
American National Standards Institute
Amiga
analogue
analogue computer
analogue-to-digital converter
analyst
analytical engine
anamorphic projection
anchor
AND gate
Andreessen, Marc
angle brackets
animation, computer
annotate
anonymous FTP
anonymous remailer
anorak
ANSI
anti-aliasing
antivirus software
AOL
Apache
API
Apple
applet
application
application service provider
applications package
Applications Program Interface
Archie
Archimedes
architecture
archive
argument
arithmetic and logic unit
ARM
ARPANET
array
article
artificial intelligence
artificial life
ASCII
ASCII art
ASIC
ASP
aspect ratio
assembler
assembly language
Association for Computing Machinery
asterisk
asymmetric digital subscriber loop
asynchronous
asynchronous transfer mode
AT command set
Atanasoff, John Vincent
ATAPI
ATM
attachment
audio file
Audio–Video Interleave
audit trail
augmented reality
AUP
authentication
authoring
authoring tool
authorization
AutoCAD
autoexec.bat
automatic fallback
autoresponder
avatar
AVI
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