Toshiba Portégé M100 User Manual page 266

Universal Serial Bus Universal Serial Bus Universal Serial Bus Universal Serial Bus Universal Serial Bus
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 informa-
tion 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.
write protection: A method for
protecting a diskette (floppy disk)
from accidental erasure.
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