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ACPI

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is an open standard for operating system, directed configuration and power management. Launched in December 1996 and first available in Windows 98 and Windows 2000, ACPI aims to replace Advanced Power Management (APM), the MultiProcessor Specification, and the Plug and Play BIOS (PnP) Specification. ACPI…

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Abbreviation
ACPI
Domain
Power management firmware
First published
December 1996
Latest version
6.6 May 2025
Organization
ACPI SIG (1996–2013) · UEFI Forum (2013–present)
Predecessor
Advanced Power Management · MultiProcessor Specification · Plug and Play BIOS

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ACPI

Nodes94
Edges93
Triples145
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021277
Components1

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ACPI

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related to Firmware · 19
ACPI → ACPI-compliant, ACPICA, AML, BIOS, DSDT, FACS, FADT, Intel's, MADT, MCFG, OS, RSDP, RSDT, SSDT, The, The AML, This, UEFI, XSDT
related to Processor states · 18
ACPI → All ACPI-conformant, AMD Athlon, C0, C1, C1E, C2, C3, Deep Sleep, Deeper Sleep, Enhanced C1, Enhanced Halt State, Halt, Pentium, Sleep, Some, Stop-Clock, The CPU, This
related to Operating systems · 17
ACPI → ACPI-compliant BIOS, ArcaOS, FreeBSD, GNU/Hurd, HP-UX, Linux, Microsoft's Windows, NetBSD, OpenBSD, OpenVMS, Other, PC, S0ix/Modern Standby, Solaris, Some, Windows, Windows Vista
related to Architecture · 14
ACPI → ACPI BIOS, ACPI Component Architecture, ACPI Machine Language, ACPI Source Language, ACPICA, AML, ASL, At, BIOS, Much, The, The ACPI BIOS, To, Turing-complete
related to External links · 14
ACPI → ACPICA, Archived April, CPU C-States Power Saving, EFI/ASL, Everything You Need, II, Intel EFI Development Kit, Know About, ModesSample EFI ASL, Official, TianoCore, UEFI, VirtualBox, Wayback Machine
related to Criticism · 9
ACPI → He, In November, Linus Torvalds, Linux, Mark Shuttleworth, NSA, NSA's, Ubuntu, Your
related to Hardware · 9
ACPI → ACPI Machine Language, ACPI-compliant, AML, FFH, Function Fixed Hardware, Intel, Interface, OEM, Standard Intel-based PCs
related to ACPI Component Architecture (ACPICA) · 8
ACPI → ACPICA, ArcaOS, FreeBSD, Haiku, Intel's, Linux, The ACPI Component Architecture, The ACPICA
related to Further reading · 8
ACPI → Garrett, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Matthew, October, Why ACPI, Wikisource-logo
related to history · 8
ACPI → August, December, In, It, Linux, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, The, Windows-only

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operating power system bios state states processor firmware hardware management windows device specification uefi support systems components standard intel acpica

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ACPIAbbreviationACPI1.00infobox
ACPIDomainPower management firmware1.00infobox
ACPIFirst publishedDecember 19961.00infobox
ACPILatest version6.6 May 20251.00infobox
ACPIOrganizationACPI SIG (1996–2013)1.00infobox
ACPIOrganizationUEFI Forum (2013–present)1.00infobox
ACPIPredecessorAdvanced Power Management1.00infobox
ACPIPredecessorMultiProcessor Specification1.00infobox
ACPIPredecessorPlug and Play BIOS1.00infobox
ACPIRelated standardsUEFI1.00infobox
ACPIStatusPublished1.00infobox
ACPIWebsiteuefi.org/acpi1.00infobox
ACPIis asecurity risk0.90text

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