What is ACPI?
- Document ID: 98050200
- Posted Date: 1999-04-16
- Last Updated: 1999-04-16
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- Information
- ACPI is the acronym for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. ACPI includes a set of standards that define the way that the operating system of your computer communicates to the hardware. ACPI provides a key element for Power Management. ACPI applies to all classes of computers including desktop, mobile, home, and server machines. ACPI incorporates the existing collection of power management systems such as: BIOS, APM, PNPBIOS, and so on into a significant power management and configuration mechanism. Windows 98 (also Windows 2000 when released) takes advantage of the ACPI features built-in to your computer when it detects them and enables the operating system to work more closely with your computer's hardware for purposes of power management. For more information you may wish to visit the following web sites.
- Intel:
- http://www.intel.com - Search ACPI
- Microsoft:
- http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/desinit/acpifaq2.htm
- The ACPI web site:
- http://www.teleport.com/~acpi/
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