Toshiba Satellite Pro L450 Series Manual page 188

disk drive: The device that randomly accesses information on a disk and
disk storage: Storing data on magnetic disk. Data is arranged on
display: A CRT, LCD, or other image producing device used to view
documentation: The set of manuals and/or other instructions written for
double click: To press and release the pointing device's primary button
driver: A software program, generally part of the operating system, that
DVD: An individual digital versatile (or video) disc. See also DVD-ROM.
DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial): Also known as
DVD-R (+R, -R): A Digital Versatile Disc Recordable disc can be written
DVD-RAM: A Digital Versatile Disc-Random Access Memory is a high
DVD-R (Dual Layer): A disc having two layers on one side with the DVD-R
DVD-ROM: A Digital Versatile Disc-Read Only Memory is a high capacity,
DVD-RW (+RW, -RW): A Digital Versatile Disc-ReWritable disc can be
DVD+R (Double Layer): A disc having two layers on one side with the
E
echo: To send back a reflection of the transmitted data to the sending
User's Manual
copies it to the computer°¶s memory. It also writes data from
memory to the disk. To accomplish these tasks, the unit physically
rotates the disk at high speed past a read-write head.
concentric tracks much like a phonograph record.
computer output.
the users of a computer system or application. Computer system
documentation typically includes procedural and tutorial information
as well as system functions.
rapidly twice without moving the pointing device. In the Windows
operating system, this refers to the pointing device's left button,
unless otherwise stated.
controls a specific piece of hardware (frequently a peripheral device
such as a printer or mouse).
terrestrial digital TV. Digital TV broadcasting standard.
once and read many times. The DVD-R drive uses a laser to read
data from the disc.
capacity, high performance disc that lets you store large volumes of
data. The DVD-RAM drive uses a laser to read data from the disc.
storage capacity about 1.8 times larger than before. The DVD-RW
drive uses a laser to read data from the disc.
high performance disc suitable for play back of video and other
high-density files. The DVD-ROM drive uses a laser to read data
from the disc.
rewritten many times.
DVD+R storage capacity about 1.8 times larger than before. The
DVD-RW drive uses a laser to read data from the disc.
device. You can display the information on the screen, or output it to
the printer, or both. When a computer receives back data it
transmitted to a CRT (or other peripheral device) and then transmits
the data to printer, the printer is said to echo the CRT.
Glossary
®
Glossary-6