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Glossary
Hibernation
to the internal storage drive the current state of your work,
including all open files and programs, when you turn the
computer off. When you turn on the computer again, your
work is returned to the same state it was when the computer
was turned off. See also
hot swapping
computer while the computer is running and have the
operating system automatically recognize the change.
I
—A small image displayed on the screen that represents a
icon
function, file, or program.
interlaced
which only every other line of pixels is refreshed. Interlaced
monitors take two passes to create a complete screen
image. Compare
internal device
Internet
that provides electronic mail, the World Wide Web, and other
services. See also
K
keyboard shortcut
use to perform a task instead of using a pointing device such
as a mouse.
L
L1 (level one) cache
to help improve processing speed. See also
cache, L2 cache
L2 (level two) cache
motherboard to help improve processing speed. It is slower
than L1 cache and faster than main memory. See also
cache, CPU cache, L1 cache
LAN (Local Area Network)
devices dispersed over a relatively limited area and
connected by a communications link that enables any
device to interact with any other on the network.
—A feature of many Toshiba computers that saves
—The ability to add or remove devices from a
—A method of refreshing a computer screen, in
non-interlaced
device
—See
—The decentralized, world-wide network of computers
World Wide Web
—A key or combination of keys that you
—Memory cache built into the processor
.
—Memory cache installed on the
Sleep, Suspend
.
.
.
.
—A group of computers or other
.
cache, CPU