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GLOSSARY

Glossary-2 6110 Series Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide

BISYNC (BInary SYNChronous communications)

A method of transmitting data in which the transmission of

a character is marked by a drop or rise in the signal. An

IBM defined, byte-controlled communications protocol,

using control characters and synchronized transmission of

binary coded data.

Boot Default Drive

The drive from which the computer will boot. By default, it

is the flash drive D: but another drive (RAM drive or card

slot) may be selected.

Bootable ATA

The ability to run the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT

from an ATA card. In some older versions of flash, the

CONFIG.SYS from the flash drive had to be run to load the

drivers for the ATA card. With Bootable ATA the

CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT are run from the ATA

card without loading any drivers.

Bus (network)

The main (multiple access) network cable or line that

connects network stations. Also refers to a network topology

of multiple stations communicating directly with the same

cable with terminators at both ends, like an Ethernet or

token bus.

Button

An object that can be clicked, selected, or unselected in your

windows. Usually an event tree is attached to a button so

that when it is clicked, an action is performed.

CD

Carrier detect.

CD

Compact disk, a removable read-only storage medium.

Channel

Refers to a logical data channel. A port may contain one or

more channels. Data for any given wireless station is