IOGear Tri-Select COMBO ION GHE335C User Manual page 40

Appendix
Glossary cont.
Icon - Symbols used to represent a particular object. For example a disk can have an icon on the desktop which represents it. When you double click the disk
icon it tells the computer to display information related to that disk.
Mount - Makes the computer aware of a disk.
NTFS - New Technology File System. The standard file system used by Windows 2000 and XP.
Operating System - The software that determines how the computer can be used. Any flavor of Windows is an operating system. Operating System is often
abbreviated as OS.
Partitioning - A method for creating a logical file structure that the operating system can access. Creating multiple partitions on the drive allows the
operating system to treat it as more than one drive.
Power Adapter Port - The plug on the ION™ Drive into which the power-cord is plugged into.
Service Support - The team of IOGEAR employees dedicated to help you resolve your technical issues.
Spin down - The act of the disk inside the drive or cartridge ceasing its rotation.
Spin up - The act of the disk inside the drive getting up to the proper rotations per minute. The disk inside the drive must spin at the proper speed for the disk
to work.
USB - Universal Serial Bus, a standard created by Intel for connecting external peripherals to your computer.
WWW - World Wide Web. Generally the prefix to web addresses (ex. www.iogear.com)
Volume - A portion of a physical disk that functions as though it were a physically separate disk.
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