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Abi
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Abi (ā`bī) [short for Abijah Abijah , in the Bible.

1 See Abi.

2 Died c.911 B.C., king (c.914–c.911 B.C.) of Judah, the southern kingdom. He succeeded his father, Rehoboam, and King Jeroboam continued warfare against him.
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], in the Bible, King Hezekiah's mother.
ABI
(Application Binary Interface) A specification for a specific hardware platform combined with the operating system. It is one step beyond the application program interface (API), which defines the calls from the application to the operating system. The ABI defines the API plus the machine language for a particular CPU family. An API does not ensure runtime compatibility, but an ABI does, because it defines the machine language, or runtime, format. See Wabi.



ABI and API Relationship
ABI - Application Binary Interface


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Another test that can identify arterial stiffness is the ankle-brachial index (ABI), a painless test that compares the blood pressure in your ankle and arm.
those needing revascularisation or amputation) is an ankle-brachial index (ABI = ratio of ankle pressure over best brachial blood pressure) of less than 0.
 
 
 
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