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Term Term Definition Options Unit of Measure
A la carte A battery charger that is individually packaged without batteries. Batteries that the a la carte charger is designed to charge should be listed on the packaging, battery, and/or in printed or electronic user information materials. A la carte chargers may have multi-voltage or multi-port capability. View None
Access point The capability to provide wireless network connectivity to multiple clients. For the purposes of this specification, Access Point functionality includes only IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) connectivity. View None
Access point A device that provides wireless network connectivity to multiple clients as its primary function. For the purposes of this specification, Access Points include devices providing only IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) connectivity. View None
Air cooled Air-Cooled: An ice machine wherein motor driven fans or centrifugal blowers move air through the condenser to remove heat from the refrigerant. View None
Alternating current output UPS UPS that supplies power with a continuous flow of electric charge that periodically reverses direction. View None
Alternating current output UPS UPS that supplies power with a continuous flow of electric charge that periodically reverses direction. View None
Analog A television product which has an NTSC, PAL, or SECAM tuner, and may have analog video inputs (e.g., composite video, component video, S-video, RGB). View None
Analog telephone A Telephone or component of a Telephone system that ultimately converts sound into analog waveforms for transmission through the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). View None
Approved The application has been approved. View None
Audio amplification A function by which a device increases the amplitude of an audio signal for purposes of sending the signal to a transducer for playback. View None
Audio signal processing A function by which a device modifies an audio signal for a purpose other than amplification. View None
Automatic drip filter coffee maker Brews coffee by percolating hot water through a brew basket of coffee grounds. Coffee is captured in a decanter that may be heated by a warming plate. View None
Auxiliary processing accelerators Computing expansion add-in cards installed in general-purpose add-in expansion slots (e.g., GPGPUs installed in a PCI slot). View None
Average Average Flow is the total average daily flow of water through a Water Treatment and Distribution Plant or Wastewater Treatment Plant View None
Average Effluent Biological Oxygen Demand

Average Effluent Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD5) is the BOD5 concentration of wastewater after it is treated and is leaving a Wastewater Treatment Plant. The concentration should be an average concentration, estimated over a 12-month period. BOD is the measure of the amount of oxygen required by bacteria for stabilizing material that can be decomposed under aerobic conditions. BOD5 is a commonly used determinant of the organic strength of a waste, recording the oxygen demand over a five-day period.

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Average Influent Biological Oxygen Demand

Average Influent Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD5) is the BOD5 concentration of wastewater when it is entering a Wastewater Treatment Plant to be treated. The concentration should be an average concentration, estimated over a 12-month period. BOD is the measure of the amount of oxygen required by bacteria for stabilizing material that can be decomposed under aerobic conditions. BOD5 is a commonly used determinant of the organic strength of a waste, recording the oxygen demand over a five day period.

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Average residents Average number of residents at any one time. View None
Batch A multi-port charger, such as a universal AA battery charger, that charges batteries in batches (i.e., groups of batteries charged in series). For the purposes of this specification, each of these batches shall be treated as a discrete battery pack.1 View None
Battery Charger Type

A device intended to replenish the charge in a rechargeable battery. A battery charger connects to the mains at the power input and connects to the battery at the output. The charger may be comprised of multiple components, in more than one enclosure, and may be fully or partially contained in the Battery Operated End-use Product.

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Battery charging system A combination of a Battery Charger and a detachable or integral Battery that is designed to power a Battery Operated End-use Product. View None
Battery operated end use product A cordless product or appliance fully powered by the battery at least part of the time. View None
Blade system A system comprised of a blade chassis and one or more removable blade servers and/or other units (e.g., blade storage, blade network equipment). Blade systems provide a scalable means for combining multiple blade server or storage units in a single enclosure, and are designed to allow service technicians to easily add or replace (hot-swap) blades in the field. View None
Bottle type A bottle or reservoir supplies water to the water cooler. View None
Broadband modem A device that transmits and receives digitally-modulated analog signals over a wired or optical network as its primary function. The Broadband Modem category does not include devices with integrated Router, Switch, or Access Point functionality. View None
Buffered DDR channel Channel or Memory Port connecting a Memory Controller to a defined number of memory devices (e.g. DIMMs) in a computer server. A typical computer server may contain multiple Memory Controllers, which may in turn support one or more Buffered DDR Channels. As such, each Buffered DDR Channel serves only a fraction of the total addressable memory space in a computer server. View None

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