Dell Precision 410 User Manual page 226

14 Dell Precision 410 Mini Tower Systems User's Guide
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As the main circuit board, the system
board usually contains most of your com-
puter's integral components, such as the
following:
Microprocessor
RAM
Controllers for standard peripheral
devices, such as the keyboard
Various ROM chips
Frequently used synonyms for system
board are motherboard and logic board .
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Data stored in memory that tells a com-
puter what hardware is installed and how
the computer should be configured for
operation.
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System diskette is a synonym for bootable
diskette .
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System memory is a synonym for RAM .
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A BIOS-based program that allows you to
configure your computer's hardware and
customize the computer's operation by
setting such features as password protec-
tion and energy management. Some
options in the System Setup program re-
quire that you reboot the computer (or the
computer may reboot automatically) in or-
der to make a hardware configuration
change. Because the System Setup pro-
gram is stored in NVRAM, any settings
remain in effect until you change them
again.
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A start-up file for the Windows operating
system. When you start Windows, it con-
sults the system.ini file to determine a
variety of options for the Windows oper-
ating environment. Among other things,
the system.ini file records which video,
mouse, and keyboard drivers are installed
for Windows.
Running the Control Panel or Windows
Setup program may change options in the
system.ini file. On other occasions, you
may need to change or add options to the
system.ini file manually with a text editor,
such as Notepad.
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Some devices (such as the last device at
each end of a SCSI cable) must be termi-
nated to prevent reflections and spurious
signals in the cable. When such devices
are connected in a series, you may need
to enable or disable the termination on
these devices by changing jumper or
switch settings on the devices or by
changing settings in the configuration
software for the devices.
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An application program for editing text
files consisting exclusively of ASCII char-
acters. Windows Notepad is a text editor,
for example. Most word processors use
proprietary file formats containing binary
characters, although some can read and
write text files.
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A video mode that can be defined as x
columns by y rows of characters.
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A specified period of system inactivity
that must occur before an energy conser-
vation feature is activated.
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Abbreviation for tracks per inch.
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Abbreviation for terminate-and-stay-
resident. A TSR program runs "in the
background." Most TSR programs imple-
ment a predefined key combination
(sometimes referred to as a hot key ) that
allows you to activate the TSR program's
interface while running another program.
When you finish using the TSR program,
you can return to the other application