Toshiba Tecra Z40-A Series User Manual page 168

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Glossary
system prompt
system, generally a drive letter followed by a "greater than"
sign) indicating where users are to enter commands.
T
TFT display
Touch
apps, setting icons, and on-screen buttons by touching
them with your finger.
Tile/Tiles
screen representing applications that can be accessed by
selecting them.
U
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
supports data transfer. USB allows hot swapping of
peripherals. See also bus, hot swapping, serial.
upload
or network. See also download.
—See Universal Serial Bus (USB).
USB
USB Flash drive
plugs into a computer's USB port and functions as a
portable hard drive. They are smaller and more durable than
an external hard drive because they do not contain any
internal moving parts, but have less storage capacity. See
also Universal Serial Bus (USB).
—A computer program designed to perform a narrowly
utility
focused operation or solve a specific problem. Utilities are
often related to computer system management.
W
—See World Wide Web.
Web
®
Wi-Fi
stands for Wireless Fidelity, and is another term for the
communication protocol to permit an Ethernet connection
using wireless communication components.
World Wide Web (www)
sites linked together over the Internet. A user of the Web can
jump from site to site regardless of the location of the
computer hosting the site. See also Internet.
—The symbol (in the MS-DOS
—See active-matrix display.
—To activate items displayed on the screen, such as
—A list of square or rectangular icons on the Start
—To send a file to another computer through a modem
—A small, portable flash memory card that
—A registered trademark term of the Wi-Fi Alliance that
—USB is a serial bus that
—The worldwide network of Web
®
operating