Toshiba M500 User Manual page 208

Glossary
documentation: The set of manuals and/or other instructions written for the
users of a computer system or application. Computer system documentation
typically includes procedural and tutorial information as well as system
functions.
double click: To press and release the pointing device's primary button rapidly
twice without moving the pointing device. In the Windows
this refers to the pointing device's left button, unless otherwise stated.
driver: A software program, generally part of the operating system, that controls a
specific piece of hardware (frequently a peripheral device such as a printer or
mouse).
DVD: An individual digital versatile (or video) disc. See also DVD-ROM.
DVD-R (+R, -R): A Digital Versatile Disc-Recordable disk can be written once and
read many times. The DVD-R drive uses a laser to read data from the disc.
DVD-RAM: A Digital Versatile Disc-Random Access Memory is a high capacity,
high performance disc that lets you store large volumes of data. The DVD-
ROM drive uses a laser to read data from the disc.
DVD-ROM: A Digital Versatile Disc-Read Only Memory is a high capacity, high
performance disc suitable for play back of video and other high-density files.
The DVD-ROM drive uses a laser to read data from the disc.
DVD-RW (+RW, -RW): A Digital Versatile Disc-ReWritable disc can be rewritten
many times.
E
echo: To send back a reflection of the transmitted data to the sending device.
You can display the information on the screen, or output it to the printer, or
both. When a computer receives back data it transmitted to a CRT (or other
peripheral device) and then transmits the data to printer, the printer is said to
echo the CRT.
enable: To turn on a computer option. See also disable.
erase: See delete.
escape: 1) A code (ASCII code 27), signaling the computer that what follows are
commands; used with peripheral devices such as printers and modems.
2) A means of aborting the task currently in progress.
escape guard time: A time before and after an escape code is sent to the modem
which distinguishes between escapes that are part of the transmitted data,
and escapes that are intended as a command to the modem.
execute: To interpret and execute an instruction.
F
file: A collection of related information; a file can contain data, programs, or both.
fingerprint sensor: The fingerprint sensor compares and analyzes the unique
characteristics in a fingerprint.
Glossary-10
operating system,
®
User 's Manual