Toshiba Satellite L550 PSLW0C-00P008 Users Manual Canada; English - Page 214
system disk, telephony, terminal, TFT display, Touch Pad, volatile memory, warm start, Wi-Fi, window
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Glossary system disk: A diskette that contains the operating system files needed to start the computer. Any diskette can be formatted as a system disk. A system disk is also called a "bootable disk", "boot disk" or a "startup disk." Compare non-system disk. T telephony: the transmission of speech or sounds between two distant points with or without the use of wires, particularly a telephone. terminal: A typewriter-like keyboard and CRT display screen connected to the computer for data input/output. TFT display: A liquid crystal display (LCD) made from an array of liquid crystal cells using active-matrix technology with thin film transistor (TFT) to drive each cell. Touch Pad: A pointing device integrated into the TOSHIBA computer palm rest. U USB: Universal Serial Bus. This serial interface lets you communicate with several devices connected in a chain to a single port on the computer. V VGA: Video Graphics Array is an industry standard video adaptor that lets you run any popular software. volatile memory: Random access memory (RAM) that stores information as long as power is supplied to the computer. W warm start: Restarting or resetting a computer without turning it off. Wi-Fi®: A registered trademark term of the Wi-Fi Alliance that stands for Wireless Fidelity, and is another term for the communication protocol to permit an Ethernet connection using wireless communication components. window: A portion of the screen that can display its own application, document or dialog box. Often used to mean a Windows window. Wireless LAN: Local Area Network (LAN) through wireless communication. write protection: A method for protecting a floppy diskette from accidental erasure. User's Manual Glossary-13