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_luxiliary ~ e v i c e
Toolbox, so that applications can provide users with
the .graphics-based interface characteristic of that
computer. See also System V.
auxiliary device n. See peripheral.
auxiliary equipment n. See peripheral.
auxiliary storage n. Any storage medium, such as
disk or tape, not directly accessed by a computer's
microprocessor, as is random access memory
(RAM). In current usage, such media are typically
referred to as storage or permanent storage, and the
RAM chips that the microprocessor uses directly for
temporary storage are referred to as memory.
availability n. In processing, the accessibility of a
computer system or resource, such as a printer, in
terms of usage or of the percentage of the total
amount of time the device is needed.
available time n. See uptime.
avatar n. In virtual-reality environments such as cer-
tain types of Internet chat rooms, a graphical repre-
sentation of a user. An avatar typically is a generic
picture or animation of a human of either gender, a
photograph or caricature of the user, a picture or ani-
mation of an animal, or an object chosen by the user
to depict his or her virtual-reality "identity." See
superuser.
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axis
.avi n. The file extension that identifies an audiovisual
interleaved data file .in the Microsoft RIFF format.
AVI n. Acronym for Audio Video Interleaved. A Win-
dows multimedia file format for sound and moving
pictures that uses the Microsoft RIFF (Resource In-
terchange File Format) specification.
AWT n. See Abstract Windowing Toolkit.
axis n. In a chart or other two-dimensional system
using coordinates, the horizontal line (x-axis) or ver- .
tical line (y-axis) that serves as a reference for plot-
ting points. In a three-dimensional coordinate system,
a third line (z-axis) is used to represent depth. See the
illustration . . See also Cartesian coordinates.
y-axis--
---z-axis
Axis.
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