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- AACS : Advanced Access Content System, DRM used on HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc
- ACC : Accelerated Program Operation - control signal
- accumulator : a register in a CPU in which intermediate arithmetic and logic results are stored
- Ada : named after Ada Lovelace (1815–1852), was an analyst of Charles Babbage's analytical engine and considered by many 'the first programmer' (see also Women_in_computing).
- address : several bits in a computer program instruction that specifies a memory location
- AES : Advanced Encryption Standard
- ALE : Address Latch Enable - control signal
- ALU : Arithmetic logic unit
- Ambient noise : is the background sound pressure level at a given location.
- Ambient temperature : is the temperature of the surroundings.
- AMD : Advanced Micro Devices Inc. multinational semiconductor company
- API : Application programming interface
- amd64 : see x86-64
- APU : Accelerated processing unit
- AR : Augmented reality
- ASIC : Application-specific integrated circuit is an integrated circuit (IC) customized for a particular use, rather than intended for general-purpose use.
- ASLR : Address space layout randomization
- ASSY or ASY : assembly - referring to an assembly of parts rather than just one (sub)part ("piece part", "detail part").
- ATAPI : ATA Packet Interface
- AVX : Advanced Vector Extensions
- AWG : American Wire Gauge, see Wiring