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PC Card - See PCMCIA Card.
PCMCIA Card - A credit-card sized, removable module for portable computers
standardized by PCMCIA. Also known as PC Cards, they are 16-bit devices that
are used to attach modems, network adapters, sound cards, radio transceivers,
solid state disks and hard disks to a portable computer. The PC Card is a "plug
and play" device, which is configured automatically by the Card Services soft-
ware
PCMCIA is an acronym for Personal Computer Memory Card International
Association which is an international standards body and trade association that
was founded to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable com-
puters.
peripheral - Any external device attached to a computer, such as a printer,
disk drive, display monitor, etc..
Plug and Play - The ability to add a new component and have it work without
having to perform any technical analysis or procedure.
PnP - see Plug and Play
POST (Power On Self Test) - A series of built-in diagnostics that are performed
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when the computer is booted.
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RAM (Random Access Memory) - The memory available to programs, different
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