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<glossterm><acronym>ACPI</acronym> Machine Language</glossterm> |
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<glossterm><acronym>ACPI</acronym> Machine Language</glossterm> |
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<acronym>AML</acronym> |
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<acronym>AML</acronym> |
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<para></para> |
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<para>Pseudocode, interpreted by a virtual machine within an |
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<acronym>ACPI</acronym>-compliant operating system, providing a |
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layer between the underlying hardware and the documented |
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interface presented to the <acronym>OS</acronym>.</para> |
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<glossterm><acronym>ACPI</acronym> Source Language</glossterm> |
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<glossterm><acronym>ACPI</acronym> Source Language</glossterm> |
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<acronym>ASL</acronym> |
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<para>The programming language <acronym>AML</acronym> is written in.</para> |
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<glossterm>Advanced Configuration and Power Interface</glossterm> |
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<glossterm>Advanced Configuration and Power Interface</glossterm> |
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<acronym>ACPI</acronym> |
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<para>A specification which provides an abstraction of the |
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interface the hardware presents to the operating system, so |
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the underlying hardware to make the most of it. <acronym>ACPI</acronym> |
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evolves and supercedes the functionality provided previously by |
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<acronym>APM</acronym>, <acronym>PNPBIOS</acronym> and other technologies, and |
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provides facilities for controlling power consumption, machine |
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suspension, device enabling and disabling, etc.</para> |
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<glossterm>Intel’s <acronym>ASL</acronym> compiler</glossterm> |
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<glossterm>Intel’s <acronym>ASL</acronym> compiler</glossterm> |
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<para>Intel’s compiler for converting <acronym>ASL</acronym> into |
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<glossterm>Message Of The Day</glossterm> |
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<glossterm>Process ID</glossterm> |
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