Toshiba M105-S1021 - Satellite - Celeron M 1.46 GHz User Manual page 254

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Glossary
S
select — To highlight or otherwise specify text, data, or graphics with the
intent to perform some operation on it.
serial — Processes that occur one at a time. In communications, it means
the transmission of one bit at a time sequentially over a single
channel. On your computer, the serial port provides a serial interface
between the computer and an appropriate device. Compare parallel.
shortcut — See keyboard shortcut.
software — See program. Compare hardware.
Standby — A feature of some Windows
you to turn off the computer without exiting your open applications
and to continue from where you left off when you turn the computer
on again.
Suspend — A feature of some Windows
you to turn off the computer without exiting your open applications
and to continue from where you left off when you turn the computer
on again.
system disk — A disk that contains the operating system files needed to
start the computer. Any disk can be formatted as a system disk. A
system disk is also called a "bootable disk" or a "startup disk."
Compare non-system disk.
system prompt — The symbol (in
followed by a "greater than" sign) indicating where users are to
enter commands.
T
Toshiba tablet pen— The writing instrument used with the tablet. It is
stored on the right side of the computer.
TFT display — See active-matrix display.
U
universal serial bus (USB) — A serial bus that supports a data transfer
rate of up to 480 Mbps (480 million bits per second). USB can
connect up to 127 peripheral devices through a single all-purpose
USB port. USB allows hot swapping of peripherals. See also bus,
hot swapping, serial.
upload — To send a file to another computer through a modem or
network. See also download.
®
operating systems that allows
®
operating systems that allows
®
MS-DOS
, generally a drive letter