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Glossary-6 User’s Manual

Glossary

input: The data or instructions you provide to a computer, communication

device or other peripheral device from the keyboard or external or

internal storage devices. The data sent (or output) by the sending

computer is input for the receiving computer.

interface: 1) Hardware and/or software components of a system used

specifically to connect one system or device to another.

2) To physically connect one system or device to another to

exchange information.

3) The point of contact between user, the computer, and the

program, for example, the keyboard or a menu.

IrDA 1.1: An industry standard that enables cableless infrared serial data

transfer at speeds of up to 4 megabits per second.

jumper: A small clip or wire that allows you to change the hardware

characteristics by electrically connecting two points of a circuit.

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.

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.

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

kilobyte.

mode: A method of operation, for example, the boot mode, Sleep Mode or

the hibernation mode.

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