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- audio
Sound. 
- audio clip
A sound file played on a computer. 
- audit trail
An audit trail is created by automatically recording in a separate file any transactions carried out by a computer system, such as updates to files. 
- authentification
The process of ensuring that only authorised users can access resources such as a secure area on an intranet, or an online banking website, typically by means of a user name and password. 
- authoring software
Programs which help users create multimedia or hypertext documents, without needing to know the precise details of how the documents are created. 
- autocomplete
A form of word prediction when entering text into a word processor, spreadsheet, etc. 
- autoexec.bat
In DOS, a file consisting of operating systems commands which runs automatically when the computer is switched on. 
- automated
A process which may have been done manually before, but now is done by the computer without human input - for example, virus checkers can be set up to automatically check all your files at the same time each day. 
- automatic
Operating with no human input. 
- autosave
When the computer automatically saves the user's work every few minutes, without the user specifically selecting Save. This gives a backup which can be restored in the case of, for example, a power cut or the computer program freezing. 
- autoshapes
Found in packages which have some drawing functions, an autoshape allows you to quickly add certain common shapes to a document, such as a square or circle. 
- average
The average is the result of adding a group of numbers together and dividing by the total number of items in the group.
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