HP Compaq Presario,Presario 7479 Reference Manual page 104

Glossary-10
Motion Picture Expert Group (MPEG) – A working group of the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO), responsible for generating data
compression standards for digital video and audio data.
mouse – A device used to move a pointer on the display as well as make selections
by clicking the buttons. See double-click, left-click, right-click.
MPEG – See Motion Picture Expert Group.
multimedia – The presence of two or more formats, such as audio, animation,
graphics, text, or video.
Multimedia Extension (MMX) – A microprocessor technology developed by the
Intel Corporation that runs multimedia programs faster and more efficiently.
Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) – A computer file format used to
represent musical sounds. MIDI files can be identified by the file extension .mid.
navigate – To move from one site or directory to another site or directory.
Netscape Navigator – A Web browser developed by the Netscape
Communications Corporation; used to view hypertext documents on intranet Web
sites as well as documents on the World Wide Web.
network – Two or more computers linked together for the purpose of sharing
resources, such as files, programs, or printers. See local area network, wide area
network.
network adapter – See network interface card.
network interface card – A device that enables a computer to be physically
connected to and participate in data communications on a network.
newsgroup – A public special-interest forum on a network similar to a bulletin
board. Subscribers can read and post messages to the newsgroup site.
NIC – See network interface card.
notebook computer – A portable computer about the size of a large notebook
usually weighing about four pounds. Contrast desktop computer, laptop computer.
online – The state of being connected to a network, especially the Internet.
online Help – Program-specific information stored on the hard disk that can be
accessed through the Help option on the program menu bar.