Toshiba TECRA A50 series User Manual page 182

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Glossary
—A round, flat piece of material, designed to be read from
disc
and written to by optical (laser) technology, and used in the
production of optical discs, such as CDs and DVDs.
Compare disk.
—A round, flat piece of material that can be magnetically
disk
influenced to hold information in digital form, and used in the
production of magnetic disks, such as hard disks. Compare
disc. See also hard disk.
disk drive
programs on external media or hard disk. It rotates the disk
at high speed past one or more read/write heads.
document
to disk, given a name by which it can be retrieved. See also
file.
double-click
primary button rapidly twice without moving the pointing
device. In the Windows
pointing device's left button, unless otherwise stated.
download
another computer through a modem or network. (2) To send
font data from the computer to a printer. See also upload.
—To hold down the mouse button while moving the pointer
drag
to drag a selected object. In the Windows
system, this refers to the left mouse button, unless otherwise
stated.
driver
—An individual digital versatile (or video) disc. See also
DVD
DVD-ROM.
DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile [or Video] Disc Read-Only
Memory)
laser optics for reading data. Each DVD-ROM can hold as
much data as several CD-ROMs. Compare CD-ROM.
E
emulation
another device or program.
enable
—The device that reads and writes information and
—Any file created with an application and, if saved
—To press and release the pointing device's
—(1) In communications, to receive a file from
—See device driver.
—A very high-capacity storage medium that uses
—A technique in which a device or program imitates
—To turn on a computer option. See also disable.
®
operating system, this refers to the
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operating