Fujitsu 985Tx User Manual page 174

A p p e n d i c e s
Status Indicator
A display which reports the condition of some
portion of your hardware. On your Computer
this is an LCD screen just above the keyboard.
Stereo (audio)
A system using two channels to process sound
from two different sources.
Stroke (keyboard)
The amount of travel of a key when it is pressed
from resting to fully depressed.
Suspend
To make inoperative for a period of time. Your
notebook uses various suspension states to
reduce power consumption and prolong the
charge of your battery.
SVGA
Super VGA.
S-Video
Super Video. A component video system for
driving a TV or computer monitor.
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System Clock
An oscillator of fixed precise frequency which
synchronizes the operation of the system and is
counted to provide time of day and date.
TFT
Thin Film Transistor - A technology for flat
display panels which uses a thin film matrix of
transistors to control each pixel of the display
screen individually.
UL
Underwriters Laboratories - An independent
organization that tests and certifies the electri-
cal safety of devices.
USB
Universal Serial Bus - A bus standard developed
by the PC and telecom industry to allow plug
and play of computer peripherials.USB allows
up to 127 devices to be run simultaneously by
daisy-chaining. Dual USB ports provide two
separate chains.
VGA
Video Graphics Array. A video display standard
originally introduced by IBM with the PS/2
series of personal computers.
VRAM
Video Random Access Memory. A memory
dedicated to video display data and control.
Write Protect
Prevent alteration of the binary state of all bits
in a storage media. Example: all information on
a device such as a floppy diskette; a block of
space in a storage media such as a par tition of a
hard disk;a file or directory of floppy diskette
or hard disk.
XGA
Extended VGA.