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User’s Manual Glossary-7
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?
operating system, 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.
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