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Toshiba Qosmio X500 User Manual

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User’s Manual

Glossary-14

Glossary

T

terminal: A typewriter-like keyboard and CRT display screen connected to

the computer for data input/output.

TFT display: A liquid crystal display (LCD) made from an array of liquid

crystal cells using active-matrix technology with thin film transistor

(TFT) to drive each cell.

Touch Pad: A pointing device integrated into the TOSHIBA computer palm

rest.

U

USB: 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.
Wi-Fi

®

: A registered trademark term of the Wi-Fi Alliance that stands for

Wireless Fidelity, and is another term for the communication

protocol to permit an Ethernet connection using wireless

communication components.

WiMAX: A registered trademark term of the WiMAX Forum that stands for

Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, and is a

telecommunications technology that provides wireless transmission

of data using a variety of transmission modes.

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

document or dialog box. Often used to mean a Microsoft

®

Windows

window.

Wireless LAN: Local Area Network (LAN) through wireless

communication.

Wireless WAN: Wide Area Network (WAN) through wireless

communication.

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

erasure.

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