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  2. ACT (test) - Wikipedia

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    The ACT (/ eɪ s iː t iː /; originally an abbreviation of American College Testing) [10] is a standardized test used for college admissions in the United States. It is administered by ACT, Inc., a for-profit organization of the same name. [10] The ACT test covers four academic skill areas: English, mathematics, reading, and scientific ...

  3. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    3GPP2—3rd Generation Partnership Project 2; 3NF—Third Normal Form; 386—Intel 80386 processor; 486—Intel 80486 processor; 4B5BLF—4-bit 5-bit Local Fiber; 4GL—Fourth-Generation Programming Language; 4NF—Fourth Normal Form; 5GL—Fifth-Generation Programming Language; 5NF—Fifth Normal Form; 6NF—Sixth Normal Form; 8B10BLF—8-bit ...

  4. PDF/A - Wikipedia

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    PDF is a standard for encoding documents in an "as printed" form that is portable between systems. However, the suitability of a PDF file for archival preservation depends on options chosen when the PDF is created: most notably, whether to embed the necessary fonts for rendering the document; whether to use encryption; and whether to preserve additional information from the original document ...

  5. Apricot PC - Wikipedia

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    The Apricot PC (originally called the ACT Apricot) is a personal computer produced by Apricot Computers, then still known as Applied Computer Techniques or ACT.Released in late 1983, it was ACT's first independently developed microcomputer, following on from the company's role of marketing and selling the ACT Sirius 1, [1] and was described as "the first 16-bit system to be Sirius-compatible ...

  6. Act (document) - Wikipedia

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    If affixed, short form certificates may also be embossed with a seal half on the certificate and half on the rest of the page. Notarial certificates come in full forms or short forms. A full form includes preamble information like the date, venue, appearer's appearance, proof of identification, and so forth, as well as the principal attestation.

  7. Installation (computer programs) - Wikipedia

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    Installation (or setup) of a computer program (including device drivers and plugins), is the act of making the program ready for execution. Installation refers to the particular configuration of software or hardware with a view to making it usable with the computer. A soft or digital copy of the piece of software (program) is needed to install it.

  8. List of computer system manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    Exited the computer business before being acquired by Ford Motor Company: Philips — Netherlands: 1953: 1991: Sold computer division to Digital Equipment Corporation [8] PolyMorphic Systems — United States: 1976: Un­known: Un­known: Poqet Computer Corporation — United States: 1989: 1992: Acquired by Fujitsu [9] Power Computing ...

  9. High Performance Computing Act of 1991 - Wikipedia

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    Senator Al Gore developed the Act [1] after hearing the 1988 report Toward a National Research Network [8] submitted to Congress by a group chaired by UCLA professor of computer science Leonard Kleinrock, one of the creators of the ARPANET, which is regarded as the earliest precursor network of the Internet. [9]