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User’s Manual Glossary-9

Glossary

K: Taken from the Greek word kilo, meaning 1000; often used as equivalent

to 1024, or 2 raised to the 10th power. See also byte and kilobyte.

KB: See kilobyte.

keyboard: An input device containing switches that are activated by

manually pressing marked keys. Each keystroke activates a switch

that transmits a specific code to the computer. For each key, the

transmitted code is, in turn, representative of the (ASCII) character

marked on the key.

kilobyte (KB): A unit of data storage equal to 1024 bytes. See also byte

and megabyte.

level 2 cache: See cache.

Light Emitting Diode (LED): A semiconductor device that emits light when

a current is applied.

Liquid Crystal Display (LCD): Liquid crystal sealed between two sheets of

glass coated with transparent conducting material. The viewing-side

coating is etched into character forming segments with leads that

extend to the edge of the glass. Applying a voltage between the

glass sheets alters the brightness of the liquid crystal.

LSI: Large Scale Integration.

1) A technology that allows the inclusion of up to 100,000 simple

logic gates on a single chip.

2) An integrated circuit that uses large scale integration.

main board: See motherboard.

megabyte (MB): A unit of data storage equal to 1024 kilobytes. See also

kilobyte.

megahertz: A unit of wave frequency that equals 1 million cycles per

second. See also hertz.

menu: A software interface that displays a list of options on the screen.

Also called a screen.

microprocessor: A hardware component contained in a single integrated

circuit that carries out instructions. Also called the central

processing unit (CPU), one of the main parts of the computer.

mode: A method of operation, for example, the Boot Mode, Standby Mode

or the Hibernation Mode.

modem: Derived from modulator/demodulator, a device that converts

(modulates) digital data for transmission over telephone lines and

then converts modulated data (demodulates) to digital format where

received.

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