Ambient temperature is the air temperature of an environment or object. In computing, ambient temperature refers to the air temperature surrounding computing equipment. This measurement is crucial for equipment function and longevity, especially with regard to the microprocessor, which usually has its own cooling system.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly called the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or colloquially Obamacare, is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010.
The Heritage Foundation's Alyene Senger explains in the January issue of Townhall Magazine. More than three years after passage of the Affordable Care Act (aka, Obamacare), most Americans still lack a good understanding of what the law does and how it will affect them. In large measure, that is due to the sheer complexity of the law and the fact that its major pieces are only now beginning to take effect.