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Toshiba A50 User Manual

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User’s Manual

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Glossary

U

Universal Serial Bus: This serial interface lets you communicate with

several devices connected in a chain to a single port on the
computer.

V

VGA: Video Graphics Array is an industry standard video adaptor that lets

you run any popular software.

volatile memory: Random access memory (RAM) that stores information

as long as power is supplied to the computer.

W

warm start: Restarting or resetting a computer without turning it off.

window: A portion of the screen that can display its own application,

document or dialog box. Often used to mean a Microsoft Windows
window.

write protection: A method for protecting a floppy disk from accidental

erasure.