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Glossary

AC Adapter

A device which converts the AC voltage from a

wall outlet to the DC voltage needed to power

your LifeBook notebook.

ACPI

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

Active-Matrix Display

A type of technology for making flat-panel displays

which has a transistor or similar device for every pixel

on the screen.

AdHoc

A name of a wireless LAN configuration.

It is a type of communication using wireless cards only.

Another type of communication is called Infrastructure

(using a wireless card and an access point).

ADSL

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

Technology for transporting high bit-rate services over

ordinary phone lines.

Auto/Airline Adapter

A device which converts the DC voltage from an auto-

mobile cigarette lighter or aircraft DC power outlet to

the DC voltage needed to power your LifeBook note-

book.

BIOS

Basic Input-Output System. A program and set of

default parameters stored in ROM which tests and

operates your LifeBook notebook when you turn it on

until it loads your installed operating system from disk.

Information from the BIOS is transferred to the

installed operating system to provide it with informa-

tion on the configuration and status of the hardware.

Bit

An abbreviation for binary digit. A single piece of

information which is either a one (1) or a zero (0).

bps

An abbreviation for bits per second. Used to describe

data transfer rates.

Boot

To start-up a computer and load its operating system

from disk, ROM or other storage media into RAM.

Bus

An electrical circuit which passes data between the CPU

and the sub-assemblies inside your LifeBook notebook.

Byte

8 bits of parallel binary information.

Cache Memory

A block of memory built into the micro-processor

which is much faster to access than your system RAM

and used in specially structured ways to make your

overall data handling time faster.

CardBus

A faster, 32-bit version of the PC Card interface which

offers performance similar to the 32-bit PCI

architecture.

CD-ROM

Compact disk read only memory. This is a form of

digital data storage which is read optically with a laser

rather than a magnetic head. A typical CD-ROM can

contain about 600MB of data and is not subject to heads

crashing into the surface and destroying the data when

there is a failure nor to wear from reading.

Channel

A radio frequency band used for communication

between wireless cards and access points.

CMOS RAM

Complementary metal oxide semiconductor random

access memory. This is a technology for manufacturing

random access memory which requires very low levels of

power to operate.

COM Port

Abbreviation for communication port. This is your

serial interface connection.

Command

An instruction which you give your operating system.

Example: run a particular application or format a floppy

disk.

Configuration

The combination of hardware and software that makes

up your system and how it is allocated for use.

CRT

Cathode Ray Tube. A display device which uses a beam

of electronic particles striking a luminescent screen. It

produces a visual image by varying the position and

intensity of the beam.

Data

The information a system stores and processes.

Direct current. A voltage or current that does not

fluctuate periodically with time.

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