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Glossary
Start screen
look and feel.
Suspend
allows 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.
Swipe
to display the next or previous window.
system prompt
system, generally a drive letter followed by a "greater than"
sign) indicating where users are to enter commands.
T
TFT display
Touch
apps, setting icons, and on-screen buttons by touching
them with your finger.
Tile/Tiles
screen representing applications that can be accessed by
selecting them.
U
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
supports data transfer. USB allows hot swapping of
peripherals. See also
upload
or network. See also
—See
USB
USB Flash drive
plugs into a computer's USB port and functions as a
portable hard drive. They are smaller and more durable than
an external hard drive because they do not contain any
internal moving parts, but have less storage capacity. See
also
—A computer program designed to perform a narrowly
utility
focused operation or solve a specific problem. Utilities are
often related to computer system management.
—Displays the new Windows operating system
—A feature of some Windows operating systems that
—Swipe an open window to the left or right of the screen
—The symbol (in the MS-DOS
active-matrix display
—See
—To activate items displayed on the screen, such as
—A list of square or rectangular icons on the Start
—To send a file to another computer through a modem
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
—A small, portable flash memory card that
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
—USB is a serial bus that
bus, hot swapping, serial
download
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operating
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