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Request to send.
RTS:
the computer and a serial printer or modem.
S
Send data.
An RS-232-C signal used in the exchange of data between the
SD:
computer and a printer or modem.
serial:
The handling of data bits one after the other.
serial communications:
interconnecting wires to send bits one after another.
serial interface:
information sequentially, one bit at a time.
A communications port (COM1 or COM2) to which you can connect
serial port:
devices, such as a modem, mouse, or serial printer.
Single In-Line Memory Module. RAM semiconductors used for memory expansion.
SIMM:
Serial Input/Output.
SIO:
transmission.
Key combinations that emulate keys on the IBM keyboard, change some
soft key:
configuration options, stop program execution, and access the numeric keypad
overlay.
The set of programs, procedures and related documentation associated
software:
with a computer system. Specifically refers to computer programs that direct and
control the computer systemÕs activities.
One or more bits of a byte that follow the transmitted character or
stop bit:
group codes in asynchronous serial communications.
Three elements, one red, one green and blue (RGB), that make up a
subpixel:
pixel on the color LCD. The computer sets subpixels independently, each may emit
a different degree of brightness.
supertwist nematic (STN) display:
meets VGA standards with reproduction of 256 colors.
Having a constant time interval between successive bits,
synchronous:
characters or events.
A disk that has been formatted with an operating system.
system disk:
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.
system disk.
T
An RS-232-C signal used in the exchange of data between
A communications technique that uses as few as two
Refers to a type of information exchange that transmits
The electronic methodology used in serial data
See also pixel.
A thin-screen, passive matrix color LCD that
Contrast: Parallel interface.
See also
hardware.
Also called an operating
For
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