Toshiba Satellite L300 Series User Manual page 182

ROM: Read Only Memory: A nonvolatile memory chip manufactured to
S
S-Video: Short for Super-Video, a type of connection used by S-VHS
SCSI: Small Computer System Interface is an industry standard interface
SD Card: Secure Digital cards are flash memory widely used in a variety of
SECAM L: SECAM (Sequential Color Memory) is a broadcasting standard
serial communications: A communications technique that uses as few as
serial interface: Refer to a type of information exchange that transmits
SIO: Serial Input/Output. The electronic methodology used in serial data
soft key: Key combinations that emulate keys on the IBM keyboard,
software: The set of programs, procedures and related documentation
stop bit: One or more bits of a byte that follow the transmitted character or
subpixel: Three elements, one red, one green and blue (RGB), that make
synchronous: Having a constant time interval between successive bits,
system disk: A disk that has been formatted with an operating system. For
T
terminal: A typewriter-like keyboard and CRT display screen connected to
User's Manual
contain information that controls the computer's basic operation.
You cannot access or change information stored in ROM.
videocassette players, camcorders, DVD players, etc. to transmit
high-quality video signals.
for connection of a variety of peripheral devices.
digital devices such as digital cameras and Personal Digital
Assistants.
used in France.
two interconnecting wires to send bits one after another.
information sequentially, one bit at a time.
transmission.
change some configuration options, stop program execution, and
access the numeric keypad overlay.
associated with a computer system. Specifically refers to computer
programs that direct and control the computer system's activities.
See also hardware.
group codes in asynchronous serial communications.
up a pixel on the color LCD. The computer sets subpixels
independently, each may emit a different degree of brightness. See
also pixel.
characters or events.
MS-DOS the operating system is contained in two hidden files and
the COMMAND.COM file. You can boot a computer using a system
disk. Also called an operating system disk.
the computer for data input/output.
Glossary
Glossary-12