Fujitsu 565Tx User Manual page 167

A p p e n d i c e s
MMX Technology
MMX technology is an Intel processor enhance-
ment that improves multimedia and communi-
cation applications. The Pentium processor with
MMX technology boasts three primary architec-
tural design enhancements: 57 powerful new
instructions specifically designed to manipulate
and process video, audio and graphical data
e ciently; Single Instruction Multiple Data
(SIMD) enabling one instruction to perform the
same function on multiple peices of data; and
more L1 cache for a total of 32KB.
Monaural
A system using one channel to process sound
from all sources.
MPU-401
A standard for MIDI interfaces and connectors.
NTSC
National TV Standards Commission. The
standard for TV broadcast and reception for
the USA.
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Operating System
A group of control programs that convert
application commands,including driver
programs,into the exact form required by a
specific brand and model of microprocessor in
order to produce the desired results from that
particular equipment.
PAL
Phase Alternation by Line. The standard for
color television in Western Europe and most of
Asia and Africa..
Parallel Port
A connection to another device through which
data is transferred as a block of bits simultane-
ously with a wire f or each bit in the block and
with other wires only for control of the device
not for transfer of data.
Partition
A block of space on a hard disk which is set
aside and made to appear to the operating sys-
tem as if it were a separate disk and is addressed
by the operating system accordingly.
PC Card
Personal Computer Card.A plug in card about
the size of a credit card which provides expand-
ed functions to a personal computer.
PCMCIA
™
PCMCIA is a trademark of the Personal
Computer Memory Card International
Association. The Personal Computer Memory
Card International Association is an organiza-
tion that sets standards for add-in cards for
personal computers.
Peripheral Device
A piece of equipment which performs a specific
function associated with but not integral to
a computer. Examples: a printer, a modem,
a CD-ROM.
PIO
Parallel Input/Output.
Pitch (keyboard)
The distance between the centers of the letter
keys of keyboard.