Toshiba P100 PSPA3C-MA202C Users Manual Canada; English - Page 190
IrDA 1.1, jumper, Light Emitting Diode LED, Liquid Crystal Display LCD, megabyte MB, modem, monitor
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Glossary IrDA 1.1: An industry standard that enables cableless infrared serial data transfer at speeds of up to 4 megabits per second. J jumper: A small clip or wire that allows you to change the hardware characteristics by electrically connecting two points of a circuit. K 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. L 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 viewingside 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. M megabyte (MB): A unit of data storage equal to 1024 kilobytes. See also kilobyte. 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. monitor: A device that uses rows and columns of pixels to display alphanumeric characters or graphic images. See also CRT. MP3: An audio compression standard that enables high-quality transmission and real-time playback of sound files. Glossary-6 User's Manual