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Glossary, Abbreviations – Toshiba A40 Series User Manual

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LOSSARY

Glossary

The terms in this glossary cover topics related to this manual. Alternate naming

is included for reference.

Abbreviations

AC: alternating current

AGP: accelerated graphics port

ANSI: American National Standards
Institute

APM: advanced power manager

ASCII: American Standard Code for
Information Interchange

BIOS: basic input output system

CD-ROM: Compact Disc-Read Only
Memory

CD-RW: Compact Disc-Read/Write

CMOS: complementary metal-oxide
semiconductor

CPU: central processing unit

CRT: cathode ray tube

DC: direct current

DDC: display data channel

DMA: direct memory access

DOS: disk operating system

DVD: digital versatile disc

DVD

±

R: Digital Versatile Disc

Recordable

DVD-RAM: Digital Versatile Disc
Random Access Memory

DVD-ROM: Digital Versatile Disc
Read Only Memory

DVD

±

RW: Digital Versatile Disc

Read/Write

ECP: extended capabilities port

FDD: floppy disk drive

FIR: fast infrared

GB: gigabyte

HDD: hard disk drive

IDE: integrated drive electronics

I/O: input/output

IrDA: Infrared Data Association

IRQ: interrupt request

KB: kilobyte

LCD: liquid crystal display

LED: light emitting diode

LSI: large scale integration

MS-DOS: Microsoft Disk Operating
System

MB: megabyte

OCR: optical character recognition
(reader)

PCB: printed circuit board

PCI: peripheral component intercon-
nect