HP Compaq Presario,Presario 5116 Quick Start Manual page 174

an application for creating data files, a
utility for making the computer run
efficiently, or a game for entertainment.
See OS, data file, and utility.
To jump from place to place on the
Internet, searching for topics of interest, by
clicking hyperlinks. Instead of searching
for specific information, surfing is an
undirected type of Web browsing. You
amuse yourself by clicking whatever
catches your fancy. See hyperlink.
A device that protects a
computer from fluctuations in power. A
surge protector regulates the flow of
electricity to the computer and prevents
high-voltage surges from damaging the
equipment.
video display standard that offers greater
resolution and colour depth than VGA.
The resolution (clarity and sharpness) of an
image is determined by the number of
pixels that can be displayed per square
inch. Colour depth is determined by the
number of colours (from 256 to 16 million)
that can be displayed simultaneously. The
number of both pixels and colours is
limited by the amount of video memory on
the SVGA system.
A resource file that contains
resources needed by the operating system,
such as fonts, icons, and default dialog
boxes.
Every time you write to a CD, you
create at least one track, that is preceded by
a gap. Any session may contain one or
more tracks, and the tracks within a session
may be of the same or of different types.
For example, a mixed-mode CD contains
data and audio tracks.
computer on the Internet.
The address of a Web site, such as
A
www.compaq.com .
connector for plugging in multiple,
ultra-high-speed peripherals. USB ports
are gradually replacing serial ports and
parallel ports and eliminating the need for
so many connectors and cables. (Multiple
USB peripherals can be linked together in
a daisy chain to share the same port.)
Windows 98 included a built-in driver for
USB peripherals. Windows Millennium
supports a new USB standard that is 40
times faster than the previous standard. See
serial port and parallel port. See also
peripheral and driver.
T
See Windows taskbar.
U
To send information to another
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