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AGP	Advanced Graphics Port. AGP is a high-speed point-to-point connection between the system chip set (northbridge) and the AGP graphics chip. The intent of AGP is to enhance the quality, frame rate, and interactivity of 3-D applications in a cost effective manner. The key feature of AGP is its highspeed interface to the main memory. This means the frame buffer (more importantly the caching functions of the frame buffer) can exist in main memory rather than on the card (reduces cost). Therefore, 3D functions like texture maps can be larger and taken from main memory rather than stored in the frame buffer. This keeps the frame buffer smaller.
AMD	AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal, networked computer, and communications markets. AMD has shipped more than 55 million Windows®-compatible processors in the last five years alone.
API	Application Programming Interface. A set of routines that an application program uses to request and carry out lower-level services performed by a computer's operating system. Or in a more human-like language.... a set of routines that sit between the hardware (CPU and Video processor, for example) and the software application (a game, for example). Developers can write their code once for the API and enable it to run on anyone's hardware.
application	A software program designed to perform a specific task or group of tasks, such as word processing, communications, or database management.
architecture	A general term for the design and construction of computer systems, particularly hardware, but also operating systems and networks.