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am [n]
 
1)a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms
    Synonyms :americium atomic_number_95 
    See Also: metal 
 
2)a master's degree in arts and sciences
    Synonyms :artium_magister ma master_of_arts 
    See Also: master's_degree 
 
3)modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave
    Synonyms :amplitude_modulation 
    See Also: modulation 
 

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

1. Advanced Micro Devices.

2. According to Don Olivier don@hsph.harvard.edu, his system manager came in to work one morningn to find his IBM system down with a message on the console that said "AMD failure". After he and the service rep had puzzled over documentation for an hour or so they called headquarters and eventually learned that it the failure was in the cooling system: an AMD is an "air movement device", IBM for "fan".

(1995-01-16)



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