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- Awareness Bracelets
- Awareness Bracelets help promote any cause. Popular Awareness Bracelets include cancer, AIDs, Alzheimer's and child abuse.
- Adhesive
- A substance (cement, glue, gum) capable of holding materials together by surface contact.
- Accuracy
- The determination of whether any element width or inter-character gap width (if applicable) differs from its nominal width by more than the printing tolerance.
- Apex
- The inside portion of a curve where the vehicle should be closest to the kerb in order to take the fastest way around the track. This is often, but not always, the geometric center of the turn. Hitting the apex just right will be an important art to learn for every new driver.
- A-Location
- The specific location in which a pre-packaged medication order is stored. In AutoCarousel, the “A” location would represent a particular slot in a bin in the carousel.
- Auto Label
- A patent-pending label system designed to bar code all medications not handled by AutoPack.
- AUDI
- Automated Dispensing Unit Interface, the software that allows AutoPharm to communicate with medication storage units.
- AdU
- Automated Dispensing Unit. Medication storage units usually located in patient care areas used to house medications and control access. Authorized users are able to add and remove medications while the unit keeps track of usage, par level, and quantity on hand.
- Active screen
- The display showing all of the orders in queue for a given zone that need filling from a vertical carousel or remote locations.
- Aisle Seats
- Seats that are located on the end of a row. Seats adjacent to the aisle. These are preferred by people who want easy access to their seats.
- ABI
- Authenticated Boot Image
- AGP
- Accelerated graphics port: A dedicated graphics port that allows system memory to be used for video-related tasks. AGP delivers a smooth, true-color video image because of the faster interface between the video circuitry and the computer memory.
- Attenuator
- 1. In electrical systems, a network that reduces the amplitude of a signal without appreciably distorting its waveform.
- ASCII
- American Standard Code for Information Interchange: A code for representing English characters as numbers, with each letter assigned a number from 0 to 127, allowing digital devices to communicate with each other and to process, store, and communicate character-oriented information.
- Auxiliary Ground
- A Separate supplemental grounding conductor for use other than general equipment grounding, that is bonded to the equipment grounding conductor.
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