Toshiba Satellite L505-GS5035 User Manual page 187

SCSI: Small Computer System Interface is an industry standard interface
SD/SDHC memory card: Secure Digital cards are flash memory widely
SECAM L: SECAM (Sequential Color Memory) is a broadcasting standard
SIO: Serial Input/Output. The electronic methodology used in serial data
soft key: Key combinations that emulate keys on the IBM keyboard,
software: The set of programs, procedures and related documentation
stop bit: One or more bits of a byte that follow the transmitted character or
synchronous: Having a constant time interval between successive bits,
system disk: A diskette that contains the operating system files needed to
T
telephony: the transmission of speech or sounds between two distant
terminal: A typewriter-like keyboard and CRT display screen connected to
TFT display: A liquid crystal display (LCD) made from an array of liquid
Touch Pad: A pointing device integrated into the TOSHIBA computer palm
U
USB: Universal Serial Bus. This serial interface lets you communicate with
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for connection of a variety of peripheral devices.
used in a variety of digital devices such as digital cameras and
Personal Digital Assistants.
used in France.
transmission.
change some configuration options, stop program execution, and
access the numeric keypad overlay.
associated with a computer system. Specifically refers to computer
programs that direct and control the computer system's activities.
See also hardware.
group codes in asynchronous serial communications.
characters or events.
start the computer. Any diskette can be formatted as a system disk.
A system disk is also called a "bootable disk", "boot disk" or a
"startup disk." Compare non-system disk.
points with or without the use of wires, particularly a telephone.
the computer for data input/output.
crystal cells using active-matrix technology with thin film transistor
(TFT) to drive each cell.
rest.
several devices connected in a chain to a single port on the
computer.
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