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Glossary: Dell Precision Workstation 470 and 670 Computers User's Guide
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Control Panel. You can also scan in your favorite picture and make it wallpaper.
write-protected — Files or media that cannot be changed. Use write-protection when you want to protect data from being
changed or destroyed. To write-protect a 3.5-inch floppy disk, slide its write-protect tab to the open position.
X
XGA — extended graphics array — A video standard for video cards and controllers that supports resolutions up to 1024 x
768.
Z
ZIF — zero insertion force — A type of socket or connector that allows a computer chip to be installed or removed with no
stress applied to either the chip or its socket.
Zip — A popular data compression format. Files that have been compressed with the Zip format are called Zip files and
usually have a filename extension of .zip. A special kind of zipped file is a self-extracting file, which has a filename extension
of .exe. You can unzip a self-extracting file by double-clicking it.
Zip drive — A high-capacity floppy drive developed by Iomega Corporation that uses 3.5-inch removable disks called Zip
disks. Zip disks are slightly larger than regular floppy disks, about twice as thick, and hold up to 100 MB of data.