Toshiba 2800-S201 User Manual page 277

Terms
drag—To hold down the AccuPoint control button or mouse
button while moving the cursor to drag a selected object. In
Windows, this refers to the primary AccuPoint control button or
left mouse button, unless otherwise stated.
driver—See device driver .
DVD—An individual digital versatile (or video) disc. See also
DVD-ROM .
DVD-ROM (digital versatile [or video] disc read-only
memory)—A very high-capacity storage medium that uses
laser optics for reading data. Each DVD-ROM can hold as
much data as several CD-ROMs. Compare CD-ROM.
E
emulation—A technique in which a device or program imitates
another device or program.
enable—To turn on a computer option. See also disable .
executable file—A computer program that is ready to run.
Application programs and batch files are examples of
executable files. Names of executable files usually end with a
.bat or .exe extension.
extension—See file extension .
external device—See device.
F
file—A collection of related information, saved on disk with a
unique name. A file may be a program, information used by a
program, or a document. See also document.
file allocation table (FAT)—The section of a disk that keeps track
of the location of files stored on the disk.
file name—A set of characters that uniquely identifies a file within
a particular folder. It consists of two parts: the actual name and
the file name extension. See also file extension .
file extension—The three characters following the period
(pronounced "dot") at the end of a file name. The extension
indicates the type of file. Examples are .exe for program files
and .hlp for help files. See also file name.
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