Data Recovery and Digital Storage Glossary
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- XA
eXtended Architecture (XA). An extension to IBM's System/370 mainframe architecture that takes advantage of continuing high performance enhancements to computer system hardware.
- XGA
eXtended Graphics Array, a high-resolution graphics standard introduced by IBM in 1990. XGA was designed to replace the older 8514/A video standard. It provides the same resolutions (640 by 480 or 1024 by 768 pixels), but supports more simultaneous colors (65 thousand compared to 8514/A's 256 colors). In addition, XGA allows monitors to be non-interlaced.
- XP
Graphical operating system from Microsoft®, an alternative to Windows® 95, Windows 98, Windows NT®, Windows 2000 and Windows Me and more a true multi-user multi-tasking operating system; based on Windows NT and Windows 2000 technology.
