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down the number of seconds or minutes until the system times out and enters
sleep, suspend, or doze mode.
PnP
is an acronym for Plug and Play, a design standard that has become
ascendant in the industry. Plug and Play devices require little set-up to use.
Novice end users can simply plug them into a computer that is running on a
Plug and Play-aware operating system (such as Windows 95), and go to
work. Devices and operating systems that are not Plug and Play require you
to reconfigure your system each time you add or change any part of your
hardware.
RAM
The term (Random Access Memory), while technically referring to a
type of memory where any byte can be accessed without touching the
adjacent data, is often used to refer to the system's main memory. This
memory is available to any program running on the computer.
ROM
(Read-Only Memory) is a storage chip which contains the BIOS
(Basic Input/Output System), the basic instructions required to boot the
computer and start up the operating system.
SDRAM
(Synchronous Dynamic RAM) is so-called because it can keep
two sets of memory addresses open simultaneously. By transferring data
alternately from one set of addresses, and then the other, SDRAM cuts down
on the delays associated with non-synchronous RAM, which must close one
address bank before opening the next.
serial port
The is so called because it transmits the eight bits of a byte of
data along one wire, and receives data on another single wire (that is, the
data is transmitted in serial form, one bit after another).
SIMM
Single In-line Memory Modules are the most common form of RAM.
They must be installed in pairs, and do not have the carrying capacity or the
speed of DIMMs.
SIMM bank/socket
SIMM sockets are the physical slots into which you
stick SIMM modules. A pair of SIMM sockets form a SIMM bank, and act as a
unit. If only one socket is filled, the bank will not operate.
Sleep/Suspend mode
In , all devices except the CPU shut down.
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