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parallel port - A socket on a computer used to connect a printer
or other parallel device via the computer's parallel interface.
parallel printer - A printer that receives information from a
computer one character (letter, number, etc.) at a time.
partition - A reserved part of disk or memory that is set aside
for some purpose. New hard disks must be partitioned before
they can be formatted for the operating system, this is done with
the FDISK utility.
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 software
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 stan-
dard for connecting peripherals to portable computers.
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 proce-
dure.
PnP - see Plug and Play
POST (Power On Self Test) - A series of built-in diagnostics that
are performed when the computer is booted.