Toshiba Tecra A3-S711 User Manual - Page 180
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 Mbps. 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 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. 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. TECRA A3/S2 Glossary-6