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Acronym for nickel cadmium. Abbreviation for nickel-metal hydride. Acronym for NetWare® Loadable Module. with the fdisk command. Each partition can contain multiple logical drives. For example, you could partition a 200-MB hard-disk drive into two physically separate partitions with three logical drive assignments, as shown in the following table. Partitioning the Hard-Disk Drive Abbreviation for nonmaskable interrupt. A device sends an NMI to signal the microprocessor about hardware errors, such as a parity error. A technique for decreasing screen flicker by sequentially refreshing each horizontal line on the screen. Abbreviation for nanosecond(s), one billionth of a second. Abbreviation for the NT File System option in the Windows NT operating system. Partition 1 120 MB Partition 2 80 MB Drive C 120 MB Drive D 50 MB Drive E 30 MB After partitioning the hard-disk drive, you must format each logical drive with the format command. Slightly larger than a credit card, a PC Card is a removable I/O card-such as a modem, LAN, SRAM, or flash memory card-that adheres to the PCMCIA standards. See also PCMCIA. Abbreviation for nonvolatile randomaccess memory. Memory that does not lose its contents when you turn off your computer. NVRAM is used for maintaining the date, time, and system setup options. Abbreviation for Peripheral Component Interconnect. A standard for local-bus implementation developed by Intel Corporation. Abbreviation for one-time programmable. Abbreviation for Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. See also PC Card. An I/O port used most often to connect a parallel printer to your computer. You can usually identify a parallel port on your computer by its 25-hole connector. An internal or external device-such as a printer, a disk drive, or a keyboard-connected to a computer. A value or option that you specify to a program. A parameter is sometimes called a switch or an argument. Abbreviation for pin grid array, a type of microprocessor socket that allows you to remove the microprocessor chip. You can divide a hard-disk drive into mul- Arranged in rows and columns, a pixel is tiple physical sections called partitions a single point on a video display. Video 10 Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User's Guide

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Dell PowerEdge 2300 Systems User’s Guide
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Acronym for nickel cadmium.
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Abbreviation for nickel-metal hydride.
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Acronym for NetWare
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Abbreviation for nonmaskable interrupt. A
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A technique for decreasing screen flicker
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Abbreviation for the NT File System op-
tion in the Windows NT operating system.
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Abbreviation for nonvolatile random-
access memory. Memory that does not
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Abbreviation for one-time programmable.
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An I/O port used most often to connect a
parallel printer to your computer. You can
usually identify a parallel port on your com-
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You can divide a hard-disk drive into mul-
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into two physically separate partitions with
three logical drive assignments, as shown in
the following table.
After partitioning the hard-disk drive, you
must format each logical drive with the
format
command.
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Slightly larger than a credit card, a PC Card
is a removable I/O card—such as a mo-
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card—that adheres to the PCMCIA stan-
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PCMCIA
.
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Interconnect. A standard for local-bus
implementation developed by Intel
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Memory Card International Association.
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PC Card
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An internal or external device—such as a
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microprocessor socket that allows you to
remove the microprocessor chip.
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