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Toshiba Qosmio G40 User Manual

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Glossary-14

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S-Video: Short for Super-Video, a type of connection used by S-VHS

videocassette players, camcorders, DVD players, etc. to transmit
high-quality video signals.

SCSI: Small Computer System Interface is an industry standard interface

for connection of a variety of peripheral devices.

SD/SDHC memory card: Secure Digital cards are flash memory widely

used in a variety of digital devices such as digital cameras and
Personal Digital Assistants.

SECAM L: SECAM (Sequential Color Memory) is a broadcasting standard

used in France.

serial communications: A communications technique that uses as few as

two interconnecting wires to send bits one after another.

serial interface: Refer to a type of information exchange that transmits

information sequentially, one bit at a time.

SIO: Serial Input/Output. The electronic methodology used in serial data

transmission.

soft key: Key combinations that emulate keys on the IBM keyboard,

change some configuration options, stop program execution, and
access the numeric keypad overlay.

software: The set of programs, procedures and related documentation

associated with a computer system. Specifically refers to computer
programs that direct and control the computer system’s activities.
See also hardware.

stop bit: One or more bits of a byte that follow the transmitted character or

group codes in asynchronous serial communications.

subpixel: Three elements, one red, one green and blue (RGB), that make

up a pixel on the color LCD. The computer sets subpixels
independently, each may emit a different degree of brightness. See
also
pixel.

synchronous: Having a constant time interval between successive bits,

characters or events.

system disk: A disk that has been formatted with an operating system. For

MS-DOS the operating system is contained in two hidden files and
the COMMAND.COM file. You can boot a computer using a system
disk. Also called an operating system disk.