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An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is a type of power supply system that contains a battery to maintain power to...
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(adj.) In computing lingo, vanilla means without added features. A “vanilla PC,” for example, would be a PC with all...
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A value-added reseller (VAR) enhances the value of third-party products or services by adding or bundling additional products and services...
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Short for Video Electronics Standards Association, a consortium of video adapter and monitor manufacturers whose goal is to standardize video...
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Abbreviation of video graphics array, a graphics display system for PCs developed by IBM. VGA has become one of the...
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A video adapter is a board that plugs into a personal computer to give it display capabilities. The display capabilities...
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Converting analog video signals, such as those generated by a video camera, into a digital format and then storing the...
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A format developed by Microsoft Corporation for storing video and audio information. Files in this format have a.AVI extension. AVI...
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There are a variety of video standards that define the resolution and colors for displays. Support for a graphics standard...
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An artificial environment created with computer hardware and software and presented to the user in such a way that it...
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Short for VESA Local-Bus, a local bus architecture created by the Video Electronics Standards Association ( VESA ). Although it...
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Abbreviation of very large-scale integration, the process of placing thousands (or hundreds of thousands) of electronic components on a single...