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absolute address An address of an exact location in memory (Section 2.5).
AC0-AC3 The four accumulators available in the C55x (Section 2.5).
accumulator A register that is used as both the source and destination for arithmetic operations, as in accumulating a sum (Section 2.5).
ack Short for acknowledge, a signal used in handshaking protocols (Section 4.3).
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface, an industry standard for power management interfaces (Section 6.8).
activation record A data structure that describes the information required by a currently active procedure call (Section 2.3).
active class A UML class that can create its own thread of control (Section 6.4).
ADC Analog/digital converter (Section 4.2).
ADPCM Adaptive ...
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