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Toshiba Equium P200 User Manual

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User’s Manual

Glossary-8

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.

TouchPad/Dual Mode Pad: A pointing device integrated into the TOSHIBA

computer palm rest.

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.

W

warm start: Restarting or resetting a computer without turning it off.
write protection: A method for protecting a floppy disk from accidental

erasure.