HP Compaq Presario,Presario 5000 User Manual page 222

online Help A manual that is displayed on
the screen while you are actually working
in a program and need help. It can be
accessed through the Help menu at the top
of the screen. Help for the Windows
operating system can be accessed from the
Start button on the taskbar.
online shopping Ordering products on
the Internet. You can purchase books,
flowers, music CDs, toys, groceries,
stocks, airline tickets, and cars.
on the fly To write on the fly means to
write directly from source data to CD data
without first writing a disc image.
OS (operating system) The interface that
permits a person and a computer to "talk"
to one another. Microsoft Windows, the
most popular operating system, displays
icons, menus, and dialog boxes to find out
what you want. You use a mouse and
keyboard to reply. See Microsoft Windows.
See also interface.
packet writing A method of writing data
on a CD in small increments. Packets can
be of fixed or variable length. Adaptec's
DirectCD software supports packet
writing. Contrast with track-at-once and
disc-at-once.
parallel port A connector on the back of
the computer for plugging in a parallel
cable attached to a parallel device, such as
a printer. Data is transferred, one byte at a
time, through eight data wires (one for
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each bit in the byte). All eight bits travel
side by side and arrive at the same time. A
parallel port is faster than a serial port,
which lets data through one bit at a time.
See byte. See also serial port.
path A sequence of information that
directs the operating system to a file. For
example, C:\Windows\Clouds.bmp is the
path to a bitmap file named Clouds. It is
located in a folder named Windows, which
is located on the C drive.
peripheral An external device connected
to a computer, such as a monitor,
keyboard, mouse, joystick, scanner,
printer, and digital camera. See component.
PDF (portable document format) A file
format that has captured all the elements of
a printed document as an electronic image
that you can view, navigate, print, or
forward to someone else. PDF files are
created using Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat
Capture, or similar products. To view and
use the files, you need the free Acrobat
Reader, which you can easily download.
Once you have downloaded the Reader, it
starts automatically whenever you want to
look at a PDF file.
photo CD A CD format based on the
CD-ROM XA and Orange Book Hybrid
Disc specifications; it is used to store
photographic images for display and
printing.
physical format The physical format of a
CD determines how data is recorded in
each sector. The various physical formats
are defined by the color book standards,
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