Toshiba Portege R100 User Manual page 160

system disk: A disk that has been formatted with an operating system.
For MS-DOS the operating system is contained in two hidden files
and the COMMAND.COM file. You can boot a computer using a
system disk. Also called an operating system disk.
T
terminal: A typewriter-like keyboard and CRT display screen connected
to the computer for data input/output.
TFT display: A liquid crystal display (LCD) made from an array of liquid
crystal cells using active-matrix technology with thin film transistor
(TFT) to drive each cell.
TOSHIBA Power Saver: A TOSHIBA utility that lets you set the
parameters for various power-saving functions.
Touch Pad: A pointing device integrated into the TOSHIBA computer
palm rest.
TTL: Transistor-transistor logic. A logic circuit design that uses switching
transistors for gates and storage.
U
Universal Serial Bus: This serial interface lets you communicate with
several devices connected in a chain to a single port on the
computer.
V
VGA: Video graphics array is an industry standard video adaptor that lets
you run any popular software.
volatile memory: Random access memory (RAM) that stores information
as long as the computer is connected to a power source.
W
Warm dock/undock: Connecting or disconnecting a device to or from
the computer while the computer is suspended.
warm start: Restarting or resetting a computer without turning it off.
window: A portion of the screen that can display its own application or
document. Often used to mean a Microsoft Windows window.
Wireless LAN: A short-range radio technology designed to simplify
wireless communication with other LAN systems based on Direct
Sequence Spread Spectrum radio technology that complies with
the IEEE 802.11 Standard (Revision B).
write protection: A method for protecting a diskette (floppy disk) from
accidental erasure.
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