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Glossary
serial port: A communications port (COM1 or COM2) to which you can
connect a serial device, such as a modem, a mouse or a serial printer.
serial input/output (SIO): The electronic method of serial data
transmission.
session: The time during which a program is running. For example, an
MS-DOS session under Windows 95 is the time during which you
execute MS-DOS commands or run an MS-DOS program.
shortcut: 1) A feature of Windows 95 and Windows NT that allows you
to use an icon to open folders and documents and their associated
programs, to start programs directly or to move from folder to
folder. 2) A keyboard shortcut.
SIMM: Single Inline Memory Module. A unit of RAM used for memory
expansion.
soft keys: Key combinations that emulate keys on the IBM keyboard,
change some configuration options, stop program execution, and
access the numeric keypad overlay.
software: The computer programs or instructions that tell the hardware
what tasks to perform. The general classes of software are operating
systems, applications and utilities.
stop bit: In asynchronous serial communications, one or more bits
indicating the end of a block of characters.
Suspend: A feature in Windows 95 or Windows NT that, like Toshiba's
Resume Mode, allows you to turn the computer off without exiting
your applications and to continue from where you left off when you
turn the computer on again.
synchronous: Having a constant time interval between successive bits,
characters or events. Synchronous data transmission requires both
the sending and receiving devices to use special synchronizing
characters to correct variations in timing between the devices. See
also asynchronous.
system disk: A disk that contains the operating system files that are used
to start the computer. Any physical disk can be formatted as a
system disk. A system disk is also called a bootable disk.
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