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Glossary
—A round, flat piece of material, designed to be read from
disc
and written to by optical (laser) technology, and used in the
production of optical discs, such as CDs and DVDs.
Compare
—A round, flat piece of material that can be magnetically
disk
influenced to hold information in digital form, and used in the
production of magnetic disks, such as hard disks. Compare
disc
disk drive
programs on external media or hard disk. It rotates the disk
at high speed past one or more read/write heads.
document
to disk, given a name by which it can be retrieved. See also
file
double-click
primary button rapidly twice without moving the pointing
device. In the Windows
pointing device's left button, unless otherwise stated.
download
another computer through a modem or network. (2) To send
font data from the computer to a printer. See also
—To hold down the mouse button while moving the pointer
drag
to drag a selected object. In the Windows
system, this refers to the left mouse button, unless otherwise
stated.
driver
—An individual digital versatile (or video) disc. See also
DVD
DVD-ROM
DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile [or Video] Disc Read-Only
Memory)
laser optics for reading data. Each DVD-ROM can hold as
much data as several CD-ROMs. Compare
E
emulation
another device or program.
enable
disk
.
hard disk
. See also
—The device that reads and writes information and
—Any file created with an application and, if saved
.
—To press and release the pointing device's
—(1) In communications, to receive a file from
device driver
—See
.
—A very high-capacity storage medium that uses
—A technique in which a device or program imitates
—To turn on a computer option. See also
.
®
operating system, this refers to the
.
upload
.
®
operating
CD-ROM
.
disable
.
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