| podobné slovo | definícia |
advanced development model
(msas) | Advanced Development Model
- ADM |
advanced development model
(msasasci) | Advanced Development Model
- ADM |
least advanced countries
(encz) | least advanced countries, |
most advanced
(encz) | most advanced,nejpokročilejší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
advanced aircrew vision protection
(czen) | Advanced Aircrew Vision Protection,AAVP[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
advanced concept technology demonstration
(czen) | Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration,ACTD[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož
a automatický překlad |
advanced development model
(czen) | Advanced Development Model,ADM[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
advanced distributed simulation
(czen) | Advanced Distributed Simulation,ADS[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
advanced electro-optical system
(czen) | Advanced Electro-Optical System,AEOS[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
advanced guidance research facility
(czen) | Advanced Guidance Research Facility,AGRF[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
advanced infrared search and track
(czen) | Advanced Infrared Search and Track,AIRST[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
advanced liquid hydrogen
(czen) | Advanced Liquid Hydrogen,ALH[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
advanced maintenance free aircraft battery system
(czen) | Advanced Maintenance Free Aircraft Battery System,AMFABS[zkr.]
[voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
advanced medium-range air-to-air missile
(czen) | Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile,AMRAAM[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk
Brož a automatický překlad |
advanced monolithic digital radio frequency memory
(czen) | Advanced Monolithic Digital Radio Frequency Memory,AMDRFM[zkr.]
[voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
advanced reduced scale fuel system simulator
(czen) | Advanced Reduced Scale Fuel System Simulator,ARSFSS[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk
Brož a automatický překlad |
advanced short-range air to air missile
(czen) | Advanced Short-Range Air to Air Missile,ASRAAM[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož
a automatický překlad |
advanced solid axial stage
(czen) | Advanced Solid Axial Stage,ASAS[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
advanced space structures technology research experiment
(czen) | Advanced Space Structures Technology Research Experiment,ASTREX[zkr.]
[voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
advanced structural components
(czen) | Advanced Structural Components,ASC[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
advanced tactical fighter
(czen) | Advanced Tactical Fighter,ATF[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
advanced technology anti-g suit
(czen) | Advanced Technology Anti-G Suit,ATAGS[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
advanced technology demonstration
(czen) | Advanced Technology Demonstration,ATD[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
advanced technology transition demonstration
(czen) | Advanced Technology Transition Demonstration,ATTD[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk
Brož a automatický překlad |
advanced thermionics research initiative
(czen) | Advanced Thermionics Research Initiative,ATRI[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož
a automatický překlad |
advanced threat infrared countermeasures
(czen) | Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures,ATIRCM[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk
Brož a automatický překlad |
advanced turbine aerothermal research rig
(czen) | Advanced Turbine Aerothermal Research Rig,ATARR[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk
Brož a automatický překlad |
advanced turbine engine gas generator
(czen) | Advanced Turbine Engine Gas Generator,ATEGG[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
joint turbine advanced gas generator
(czen) | Joint Turbine Advanced Gas Generator,JTAGG[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Advanced
(gcide) | Advance \Ad*vance"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Advanced; p. pr. &
vb. n. Advancing(#).] [OE. avancen, avauncen, F. avancer,
fr. a supposed LL. abantiare; ab + ante (F. avant) before.
The spelling with d was a mistake, a- being supposed to be
fr. L. ad. See Avaunt.]
1. To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to
make to go on.
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2. To raise; to elevate. [Archaic]
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They . . . advanced their eyelids. --Shak.
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3. To raise to a higher rank; to promote.
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Ahasueres . . . advanced him, and set his seat above
all the princes. --Esther iii.
1.
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4. To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to
forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance
the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests.
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5. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show;
as, to advance an argument.
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Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own. --Pope.
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6. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.
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7. To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes
due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as,
a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods
consigned to him.
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8. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate;
as, to advance the price of goods.
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9. To extol; to laud. [Obs.]
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Greatly advancing his gay chivalry. --Spenser.
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Syn: To raise; elevate; exalt; aggrandize; improve; heighten;
accelerate; allege; adduce; assign.
[1913 Webster]Advanced \Ad*vanced"\, a.
1. In the van or front.
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2. In the front or before others, as regards progress or
ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers.
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3. Far on in life or time.
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A gentleman advanced in years, with a hard
experience written in his wrinkles. --Hawthorne.
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Advanced guard, a detachment of troops which precedes the
march of the main body.
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Advanced guard
(gcide) | Guard \Guard\, n. [OF. guarde, F. garde; of German origin; cf.
OHG. wart, warto, one who watches, warta a watching, Goth.
wardja watchman. See Guard, v. t.]
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1. One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger,
exposure, or attack; defense; protection.
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His greatness was no guard to bar heaven's shaft.
--Shak.
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2. A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a
person or position; a watch; a sentinel.
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The guard which kept the door of the king's house.
--Kings xiv.
27.
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3. One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train; a
conductor. [Eng.]
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4. Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure
against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss; as:
(a) That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand.
(b) Ornamental lace or hem protecting the edge of a
garment.
(c) A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person
or dress.
(d) A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a
vessel.
(e) An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull;
esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of
strong timbers, which curves out on each side beyond
the paddle wheel, and protects it and the shaft
against collision.
(f) A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock
frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a
bow, to protect the trigger.
(g) (Bookbinding) An interleaved strip at the back, as in
a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when
filled.
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5. A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber
exercise.
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6. An expression or admission intended to secure against
objections or censure.
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They have expressed themselves with as few guards
and restrictions as I. --Atterbury.
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7. Watch; heed; care; attention; as, to keep guard.
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8. (Zool.) The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of
the Belemnites.
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Note: Guard is often used adjectively or in combination; as,
guard boat or guardboat; guardroom or guard room; guard
duty.
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Advanced guard, Coast guard, etc. See under Advanced,
Coast, etc.
Grand guard (Mil.), one of the posts of the second line
belonging to a system of advance posts of an army.
--Mahan.
Guard boat.
(a) A boat appointed to row the rounds among ships of war
in a harbor, to see that their officers keep a good
lookout.
(b) A boat used by harbor authorities to enforce the
observance of quarantine regulations.
Guard cells (Bot.), the bordering cells of stomates; they
are crescent-shaped and contain chlorophyll.
Guard chamber, a guardroom.
Guard detail (Mil.), men from a company regiment etc.,
detailed for guard duty.
Guard duty (Mil.), the duty of watching patrolling, etc.,
performed by a sentinel or sentinels.
Guard lock (Engin.), a tide lock at the mouth of a dock or
basin.
Guard of honor (Mil.), a guard appointed to receive or to
accompany eminent persons.
Guard rail (Railroads), a rail placed on the inside of a
main rail, on bridges, at switches, etc., as a safeguard
against derailment.
Guard ship, a war vessel appointed to superintend the
marine affairs in a harbor, and also, in the English
service, to receive seamen till they can be distributed
among their respective ships.
Life guard (Mil.), a body of select troops attending the
person of a prince or high officer.
Off one's guard, in a careless state; inattentive;
unsuspicious of danger.
On guard, serving in the capacity of a guard; doing duty as
a guard or sentinel; watching.
On one's guard, in a watchful state; alert; vigilant.
To mount guard (Mil.), to go on duty as a guard or
sentinel.
To run the guard, to pass the watch or sentinel without
leave.
Syn: Defense; shield; protection; safeguard; convoy; escort;
care; attention; watch; heed.
[1913 Webster]Advanced \Ad*vanced"\, a.
1. In the van or front.
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2. In the front or before others, as regards progress or
ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers.
[1913 Webster]
3. Far on in life or time.
[1913 Webster]
A gentleman advanced in years, with a hard
experience written in his wrinkles. --Hawthorne.
[1913 Webster]
Advanced guard, a detachment of troops which precedes the
march of the main body.
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advanced research and development activity
(wn) | Advanced Research and Development Activity
n 1: an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts
advanced research and development related to information
technology [syn: {Advanced Research and Development
Activity}, ARDA] |
defense advanced research projects agency
(wn) | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
n 1: the central research and development organization for the
United States Department of Defense; responsible for
developing new surveillance technologies since 9/11 [syn:
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA] |
advanced audio coding
(foldoc) | Advanced Audio Coding
AAC
(AAC) A successor to MP3, allowing lower bit rates
and more stable quality.
See MPEG-2 AAC Low Profile and MPEG-4 AAC Main Profile.
(2001-12-02)
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advanced communication function/network control program
(foldoc) | Advanced Communication Function/Network Control Program
ACF/NCP
(ACF/NCP, usually called just "NCP") The primary
SNA network control program, one of the ACF products.
ACF/NCP resides in the communications controller and
interfaces with ACF/VTAM in the host processor to control
network communications.
NCP can also communicate with multiple hosts using {local
channel} or remote links (PU type 5 or PU type 4) thus
enabling cross domain application communication. In a
multiple mainframe SNA environment, any terminal or
application can access any other application on any host using
cross domain logon.
See also Emulator program.
[Communication or Communications?]
(1999-01-29)
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advanced communications function
(foldoc) | Advanced Communications Function
ACF
(ACF) A group of IBM SNA products that
provide distributed processing and resource sharing such as
VTAM and NCP.
[Communication or Communications?]
(1997-05-07)
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advanced computing environment
(foldoc) | Advanced Computing Environment
(ACE) A consortium to agree on an open architecture
based on the MIPS R4000 chip. A computer architecture ARCS
will be defined, on which either OS/2 or Open Desktop can
be run.
(1995-02-03)
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advanced configuration and power interface
(foldoc) | Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
ACPI
(ACPI) An open industry standard
developed by Intel, Microsoft, and Toshiba for
configuration and power management.
The key element of the standard is power management with two
important improvements. First, it puts the OS in control of
power management. In the currently existing APM model most
of the power management tasks are run by the BIOS, with
limited intervention from the OS. In ACPI, the BIOS is
responsible for the dirty details of communicating with
hardware equipment but the control is in the OS.
The other important feature is bringing power management
features now available only in portable computers to
desktop computers and servers. Extremely low consumption
states, i.e., in which only memory, or not even memory is
powered, but from which ordinary interrupts (real time clock,
keyboard, modem, etc.) can quickly wake the system, are today
available in portables only. The standard should make these
available for a wider range of systems.
For ACPI to work the operating system, the motherboard
chipset, and for some functions even the CPU has to be
designed for it. Microsoft is heavily driving a move toward
ACPI, both Windows NT 5.0 and Windows 98 will support it.
It remains to be seen how much hardware manufacturers will
embrace the technology and whether other operating system
vendors will support it.
ACPI Information Page (http://teleport.com/~acpi/).
(1998-03-27)
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advanced data communications control protocol
(foldoc) | Advanced Data Communications Control Protocol
ADCCP
An ANSI standard bit-oriented data link
control protocol.
(1997-05-07)
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advanced encryption standard
(foldoc) | Advanced Encryption Standard
Rijndael
(AES) The NIST's replacement for
the Data Encryption Standard (DES). The Rijndael
/rayn-dahl/ symmetric block cipher, designed by Joan Daemen
and Vincent Rijmen, was chosen by a NIST contest to be AES.
AES is Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS-197.
AES currently supports 128, 192 and 256-bit keys and
encryption blocks, but may be extended in multiples of 32
bits.
(http://csrc.nist.gov/CryptoToolkit/aes/).
{Rijndael home page
(http://esat.kuleuven.ac.be/~rijmen/rijndael/)}.
(2003-07-04)
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advanced function presentation
(foldoc) | Advanced Function Presentation
Advanced Function Printing
(AFP) A page description language from
IBM introduced in 1984 initially as Advanced Function
Printing. AFP was first developed for mainframes and then
brought to minicomputers and workstations. It is
implemented on the various platforms by {Print Services
Facility} (PSF) software, which generates the native IBM
printer language, IPDS and, depending on the version,
PostScript and LaserJet PCL as well. IBM calls AFP a
"printer architecture" rather than a page description
language.
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advanced function printing
(foldoc) | Advanced Function Presentation
Advanced Function Printing
(AFP) A page description language from
IBM introduced in 1984 initially as Advanced Function
Printing. AFP was first developed for mainframes and then
brought to minicomputers and workstations. It is
implemented on the various platforms by {Print Services
Facility} (PSF) software, which generates the native IBM
printer language, IPDS and, depending on the version,
PostScript and LaserJet PCL as well. IBM calls AFP a
"printer architecture" rather than a page description
language.
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advanced intelligent tape
(foldoc) | Advanced Intelligent Tape
AIT
(AIT) A form of magnetic tape and drive using
AME developed by Sony for storing large amounts of data.
An AIT can store over 50 gigabytes and transfer data at six
megabytes/second (in February 1999). AIT features high speed
file access, long head and media life, the ALDC compression
algorithm, and a MIC chip.
(http://aittape.com/).
{Seagate
(http://seagate.com/support/tape/scsiide/sidewinder/ait_main_page.shtml)}.
(1999-04-16)
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advanced interactive executive
(foldoc) | Advanced Interactive eXecutive
AIX
(AIX) IBM's version of Unix, taken as
the basis for the OSF standard.
Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.sys.unix.aix.
(1994-11-24)
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advanced micro devices, inc.
(foldoc) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
(AMD) A US manufacturer of integrated circuits,
founded in 1969. AMD was the fifth-largest IC manufacturer in
1995. AMD focuses on the personal and networked computation
and communications market. They produce microprocessors,
embedded processors and related peripherals, memories,
programmable logic devices, circuits for telecommunications
and networking applications.
In 1995, AMD had 12000 employees in the USA and elsewhere and
manufacturing facilities in Austin, Texas; Aizu-Wakamatsu,
Japan; Bangkok, Thailand; Penang, Malaysia; and Singapore.
AMD made the AMD 2900 series of bit-slice TTL components
and clones of the Intel 80386 and Intel 486
microprocessors.
AMD Home (http://amd.com/).
Address: Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
(1995-02-27)
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advanced network systems architecture
(foldoc) | Advanced Network Systems Architecture
ANSA
(ANSA) A "software bus" based on a model for
distributed systems developed as an ESPRIT project.
(http://ansa.co.uk/).
(1996-04-01)
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advanced peer-to-peer networking
(foldoc) | Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking
APPN
(APPN) IBM data communications support
that routes data in a network between two or more APPC
systems that need not be adjacent.
(1995-02-03)
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advanced power management
(foldoc) | Advanced Power Management
APM
green monitor
(APM) A feature of some displays, usually but not
always, on laptop computers, which turns off power to the
display after a preset period of inactivity to conserve
electrical power. Monitors with this capability are usually
refered to as "green monitors", meaning environmentally
friendly.
Not to be confused with a screen blanker which is software
that causes the display to go black (by setting every pixel
to black) to prevent burn-in.
(1997-08-25)
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advanced program-to-program communications
(foldoc) | Advanced Program-to-Program Communications
APPC
(APPC) An implementation of the IBM
SNA/SDLC LU6.2 protocol that allows interconnected
systems to communicate and share the processing of programs.
(1995-02-03)
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advanced programmable interrupt controller
(foldoc) | Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
APIC
(APIC) A {Programmable Interrupt
Controller} (PIC) that can handle interrupts from and for
multiple CPUs, and, usually, has more available interrupt
lines that a typical PIC.
(2003-03-18)
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advanced research projects agency
(foldoc) | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPA
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Project Agency
(DARPA, ARPA) An agency of the US Department of Defense
responsible for the development of new technology for use by
the military. DARPA was established in 1958 in response to
the Soviet launching of Sputnik, with the mission of keeping
the US's military technology ahead of its enemies. DARPA is
independent from other more conventional military R&D and
reports directly to senior DoD management. DARPA has around
240 personnel (about 140 technical) directly managing a $2
billion budget. These figures are "on average" since DARPA
focusses on short (two to four-year) projects run by small,
purpose-built teams.
ARPA was its original name, then it was renamed DARPA (for
Defense) in 1972, then back to ARPA [When?], and then,
incredibly, back to DARPA again on 1996-03-11!
ARPA was responsible for funding development of ARPANET
(which grew into the Internet), as well as the Berkeley
version of Unix and TCP/IP.
(http://darpa.mil/).
History (/pub/misc/darpa).
(1999-07-17)
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advanced research projects agency network
(foldoc) | Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
ARPANET
(ARPANET) A pioneering longhaul {wide area
network} funded by DARPA (when it was still called "ARPA"?).
It became operational in 1968 and served as the basis for
early networking research, as well as a central backbone
during the development of the Internet. The ARPANET
consisted of individual packet switching computers
interconnected by leased lines. Protocols used include
FTP and telnet. It has now been replaced by NSFnet.
[1968 or 1969?]
(1994-11-17)
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advanced revelation
(foldoc) | Advanced Revelation
AREV
(AREV) A database development environment for
personal computers available from Revelation Software
since 1982. Originally based on the PICK {operating
system}, there are over one million users worldwide in 1996.
(1996-12-12)
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advanced risc computing specification
(foldoc) | Advanced RISC Computing Specification
ARC
ARCS
(ARC, previously ARCS) The baseline
hardware requirements for an ACE-compatible system.
(1995-01-16)
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advanced risc machine
(foldoc) | Advanced RISC Machine
(ARM, Originally Acorn RISC Machine). A series
of low-cost, power-efficient 32-bit RISC microprocessors
for embedded control, computing, digital signal processing,
games, consumer multimedia and portable applications. It
was the first commercial RISC microprocessor (or was the {MIPS
R2000}?) and was licensed for production by {Asahi Kasei
Microsystems}, Cirrus Logic, GEC Plessey Semiconductors,
Samsung, Sharp, Texas Instruments and VLSI Technology.
The ARM has a small and highly orthogonal instruction set,
as do most RISC processors. Every instruction includes a
four-bit code which specifies a condition (of the {processor
status register}) which must be satisfied for the instruction
to be executed. Unconditional execution is specified with a
condition "true".
Instructions are split into load and store which access memory
and arithmetic and logic instructions which work on
registers (two source and one destination).
The ARM has 27 registers of which 16 are accessible in any
particular processor mode. R15 combines the program counter
and processor status byte, the other registers are general
purpose except that R14 holds the return address after a
subroutine call and R13 is conventionally used as a {stack
pointer}. There are four processor modes: user, interrupt
(with a private copy of R13 and R14), fast interrupt (private
copies of R8 to R14) and supervisor (private copies of R13
and R14). The ALU includes a 32-bit barrel-shifter
allowing, e.g., a single-cycle shift and add.
The first ARM processor, the ARM1 was a prototype which was
never released. The ARM2 was originally called the Acorn RISC
Machine. It was designed by Acorn Computers Ltd. and used
in the original Archimedes, their successor to the {BBC
Micro} and BBC Master series which were based on the
eight-bit 6502 microprocessor. It was clocked at 8 MHz
giving an average performance of 4 - 4.7 MIPS. Development
of the ARM family was then continued by a new company,
Advanced RISC Machines Ltd.
The ARM3 added a fully-associative on-chip cache and
some support for multiprocessing. This was followed by the
ARM600 chip which was an ARM6 processor core with a
4-kilobyte 64-way set-associative cache, an MMU based on
the MEMC2 chip, a write buffer (8 words?) and a
coprocessor interface.
The ARM7 processor core uses half the power of the ARM6
and takes around half the die size. In a full processor
design (ARM700 chip) it should provide 50% to 100% more
performance.
In July 1994 VLSI Technology, Inc. released the ARM710
processor chip.
Thumb is an implementation with reduced code size
requirements, intended for embedded applications.
An ARM800 chip is also planned.
AT&T, IBM, Panasonic, Apple Coputer, Matsushita and
Sanyo either rely on, or manufacture, ARM 32-bit processor
chips.
Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.sys.arm.
(1997-08-05)
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advanced risc machines ltd.
(foldoc) | Advanced RISC Machines Ltd.
ARM Ltd
(ARM) A company formed in 1990 by Acorn Computers
Ltd., Apple Computer, Inc. and VLSI Technology to market
and develop the Advanced RISC Machine microprocessor
family, originally designed by Acorn.
ARM Ltd. also designs and licenses peripheral chips and
supplies supporting software and hardware tools. In April
1993, Nippon Investment and Finance, a Daiwa Securities
company, became ARM's fourth investor. In May 1994 Samsung
became the sixth large company to have a licence to use the
ARM processor core.
The success of ARM Ltd. and the strategy to widen the
availability of RISC technology has resulted in its chips now
being used in a range of products including the {Apple
Newton}. As measured by an independent authority, more ARM
processors were shipped than SPARC chips in 1993. ARM has
also sold three times more chips than the PowerPC
consortium.
(http://systemv.com/armltd/index.html).
E-mail: armltd.co.uk.
Address: Advanced RISC Machines Ltd. Fulbourn Road, Cherry
Hinton, Cambridge CB1 4JN, UK.
Telephone: +44 (1223) 400 400. Fax: +44 (1223) 400 410.
(1994-11-03)
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advanced scsi peripheral interface
(foldoc) | Advanced SCSI Peripheral Interface
ASPI
(ASPI) A set of libraries designed to
provide programs running under Microsoft Windows with a
consistent interface for accessing SCSI devices. ASPI has
become a de facto standard.
The ASPI layer is a collection of programs (DLLs) that
together implement the ASPI interface. Many problems are
caused by device manufacturers packaging incomplete sets of
these DLLs with their hardware, often with incorrect date
stamps, causing newer versions to get replaced with old.
ASPICHK from Adaptec will check the ASPI components installed
on a computer.
The latest ASPI layer as of March 1999 is 1014.
The ATAPI standard for IDE devices makes them look to the
system like SCSI devices and allows them to work through ASPI.
(http://resource.simplenet.com/primer/aspi.htm).
(1999-03-30)
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advanced software environment
(foldoc) | Advanced Software Environment
(ASE) An object-oriented {application support
system} from Nixdorf.
(1995-09-12)
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advanced statistical analysis program
(foldoc) | Advanced STatistical Analysis Program
ASTAP
(ASTAP) A program for analysing electronic
circuits and other networks.
["Advanced Statistical Analysis Program (ASTAP) Program
Reference Manual", SH-20-1118, IBM, 1973].
(2000-01-27)
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advanced technology attachment
(foldoc) | Advanced Technology Attachment
ATA
AT Attachment
Integrated Drive Electronics
(ATA, AT Attachment or
"Integrated Drive Electronics", IDE) A disk drive interface
standard based on the IBM PC ISA 16-bit bus but also
used on other personal computers. ATA specifies the power
and data signal interfaces between the motherboard and the
integrated disk controller and drive. The ATA "bus" only
supports two devices - master and slave.
ATA drives may in fact use any physical interface the
manufacturer desires, so long as an embedded translator is
included with the proper ATA interface. ATA "controllers" are
actually direct connections to the ISA bus.
Originally called IDE, the ATA interface was invented by
Compaq around 1986, and was developed with the help of
Western Digital, Imprimis, and then-upstart {Conner
Peripherals}. Efforts to standardise the interface started in
1988; the first draft appeared in March 1989, and a finished
version was sent to ANSI group X3T10 (who named it "Advanced
Technology Attachment" (ATA)) for ratification in November
1990.
X3T10 later extended ATA to {Advanced Technology Attachment
Interface with Extensions} (ATA-2), followed by ATA-3 and
ATA-4.
X3T10 (http://symbios.com/x3t10/).
(1998-10-08)
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advanced technology attachment interface with extensions
(foldoc) | Advanced Technology Attachment Interface with Extensions
ATA-2
EIDE
Enhanced IDE
Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
Fast ATA
Fast ATA-2
(ATA-2, Enhanced Integrated Drive
Electronics, EIDE) A proposed (May 1996 or earlier?)
standard from X3T10 (document 948D rev 3) which extends
the Advanced Technology Attachment interface while
maintaining compatibility with current IBM PC BIOS
designs.
ATA-2 provides for faster data rates, 32-bit transactions and
(in some drives) DMA. Optional support for power saving
modes and removable devices is also in the standard.
ATA-2 was developed by Western Digital as "Enhanced
Integrated Drive Electronics" (EIDE) around 1994.
Marketroids call it "Fast ATA" or "Fast ATA-2".
ATA-2 was followed by ATA-3 and ATA-4 ("Ultra DMA").
(2000-10-07)
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advanced video coding
(foldoc) | H.264
Advanced Video Coding
AVC
(Or Advanced Video Coding, AVC) A low {bit
rate} visual communication standard used in {video
conferencing}. H.264 was developed by MPEG and ITU-T
VCEG to replace H.263.
{Video and image compression resources and research
(http://www.vcodex.fsnet.co.uk/h264.html)}.
(2007-03-16)
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advanced waveffect
(foldoc) | Advanced WavEffect
AWE
(AWE) The kind of synthesis used
by the EMU 8000 music synthesizer integrated circuit found
on the SB AWE32 card.
(1996-12-15)
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defense advanced research project agency
(foldoc) | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPA
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Project Agency
(DARPA, ARPA) An agency of the US Department of Defense
responsible for the development of new technology for use by
the military. DARPA was established in 1958 in response to
the Soviet launching of Sputnik, with the mission of keeping
the US's military technology ahead of its enemies. DARPA is
independent from other more conventional military R&D and
reports directly to senior DoD management. DARPA has around
240 personnel (about 140 technical) directly managing a $2
billion budget. These figures are "on average" since DARPA
focusses on short (two to four-year) projects run by small,
purpose-built teams.
ARPA was its original name, then it was renamed DARPA (for
Defense) in 1972, then back to ARPA [When?], and then,
incredibly, back to DARPA again on 1996-03-11!
ARPA was responsible for funding development of ARPANET
(which grew into the Internet), as well as the Berkeley
version of Unix and TCP/IP.
(http://darpa.mil/).
History (/pub/misc/darpa).
(1999-07-17)
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defense advanced research projects agency
(foldoc) | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPA
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Project Agency
(DARPA, ARPA) An agency of the US Department of Defense
responsible for the development of new technology for use by
the military. DARPA was established in 1958 in response to
the Soviet launching of Sputnik, with the mission of keeping
the US's military technology ahead of its enemies. DARPA is
independent from other more conventional military R&D and
reports directly to senior DoD management. DARPA has around
240 personnel (about 140 technical) directly managing a $2
billion budget. These figures are "on average" since DARPA
focusses on short (two to four-year) projects run by small,
purpose-built teams.
ARPA was its original name, then it was renamed DARPA (for
Defense) in 1972, then back to ARPA [When?], and then,
incredibly, back to DARPA again on 1996-03-11!
ARPA was responsible for funding development of ARPANET
(which grew into the Internet), as well as the Berkeley
version of Unix and TCP/IP.
(http://darpa.mil/).
History (/pub/misc/darpa).
(1999-07-17)
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mpeg-4 advanced audio coding scalable sampling rate
(foldoc) | MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Coding Scalable Sampling Rate
MPEG-4 AAC SSR
(MPEG-4 AAC SSR) An AAC
flavour supporting different qualities for different targets.
One stream can contain up to 3 streams for 11.025 kHz (Stream
1), 22.05 (Stream 1 and 2) and 44.1 kHz (all 3 Streams)
sampling frequency. Quality is between Low Profile and Main
profile. See also JPEG-2000.
(2001-12-09)
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national advanced systems
(foldoc) | National Advanced Systems
(NAS) A company, previously known as ITEL, that made
IBM plug-compatible hardware and was bought by Hitachi.
[Is this correct? Dates? US?]
(2003-07-20)
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parallel advanced technology attachment
(foldoc) | Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment
Parallel ATA
(PATA, Parallel ATA) A back-formation
introduced around 2003 to distinguish the original {Advanced
Technology Attachment} (ATA) standards from the new {Serial
Advanced Technology Attachment} (Serial ATA, SATA).
(2010-02-20)
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serial advanced technology attachment
(foldoc) | Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
SATA
Serial ATA
(SATA, Serial ATA) A computer bus technology
primarily designed for transfer of data to and from a {hard
disk}. SATA is the successor to {Advanced Technology
Attachment} (ATA), which was given the retronym Parallel ATA
(PATA) to distinguish it from Serial ATA.
Serial ATA is designed to be scalable. The original SATA/150
or "SATA 1" can transfer up to 150 MBps and "SATA 3.0
Gbit/s" has a maximum data rate of 300 MBps.
Both SATA and PATA drives have built-in low level control
electronics but the term IDE is usually restricted to
parallel ATA drives.
(http://www.serialata.org/).
(2007-02-23)
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