Toshiba Tecra 8000 Tecra 8000 Users Guide - Page 261
board, Boot Mode, boot priority startup sequence, briefcase, buffer, local bus - bios access
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237 Glossary board: Short for printed circuit board. A thin card containing chips and other electronic components connected by metallic lines etched into the surface. Most of the basic components of a computer, such as the BIOS and memory are contained on one board, called the motherboard. A computer usually contains additional boards that provide specific functions beyond those of the motherboard. boot: To start the computer. There are two types of boot. Turning on the power with Resume Mode off is called a cold boot. Restarting the computer by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del or the restart button is called a warm boot. The term boot originates from bootstrap program (as in pulling itself up by its bootstraps), a program that loads and initializes the operating system. Boot Mode: The standard operating mode for most computers. In Boot Mode, you must always save your work and exit the application before you turn off the computer . When you turn on the computer again, the computer performs its entire startup procedure, and you have to restart your applications before you can continue working. boot priority (startup sequence): The order in which the computer accesses its disk drives to locate the startup files. Under the default startup sequence, the computer looks for the startup files in the floppy disk drive before checking the hard disk. briefcase: A Windows 95 and NT feature that allows you to update multiple versions of a file located on different computers. buffer: An area of memory where information is held until it can be processed. Buffers are frequently used to compensate for the fact that some parts of the system are faster than others. For example, the computer sends information to a printer many times faster than even the fastest printer can handle it. A print buffer stores printer information, enabling the computer to continue with other tasks. As the printer prints a page, it looks in the buffer to see what to do next. bus: An electrical circuit that connects the microprocessor with other parts of the computer, such as the video adapter, disk drives and ports. It is the highway along which data flows from one device to another. See also local bus. Part III: Appendixes