(1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. Although created to develop solar electricity, the company introduced its first UPS system three years later as government funding for solar energy dissipated.
(2) (Application Performance Characterization) A graphics benchmark that tests actual application performance. See GPC.
(2) (Application Performance Characterization) A graphics benchmark that tests actual application performance. See GPC.
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