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The following list defines or identifies technical terms, abbreviations, and acronyms used in Dell user documents. Abbreviation for ampere(s). Abbreviation for alternating current. distinct from operating system and utility software. Acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A text file containing only characters from the ASCII character set (usually created with a text editor, such as MS-DOS® Editor or Notepad in Windows®) is called an ASCII file. An expansion card that plugs into an expansion-card connector on the computer's system board. An adapter card adds some specialized function to the computer by providing an interface between the expansion bus and a peripheral device. Examples of adapter cards include network cards, sound boards, and SCSI adapters. Acronym for application-specific integrated circuit. ® Acronym for Advanced SCSI programming interface. Abbreviation for analog-to-digital converter. Abbreviation for Autodesk Device Interface. Abbreviation for artificial intelligence. When you boot your computer, MS-DOS runs any commands contained in the text file, autoexec.bat (after running any commands in the config.sys file). An autoexec.bat file is not required to boot MS-DOS, but provides a convenient place to run commands that are essential for setting up a consistent computing environment-such as loading mouse or network software. Acronym for American National Standards Institute. Software designed to help you perform a specific task, such as a spreadsheet or word processor. Application programs are A copy of a program or data file. As a precaution, you should back up your computer's hard-disk drive on a regular basis. Before making a change to the configuration of your computer, you should back up important start-up files, such as autoexec.bat and config.sys for MS-DOS or win.ini and system.ini for Glossary 1