Clevo L285P, User Manual

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G
puter are LEDs.
load
- To copy a program from some source, such as a disk or tape,
into memory for execution.
Lithium-Ion battery
- A type of battery which is ideal for notebook
computers because of its light weight and high energy density. Also,
lithium-ion batteries do not use poisonous metals, such as lead, mer-
cury or cadmium.
M
MB
(Megabyte) - 1,048,576 bytes or 1024 KB.
memory - Area in the computer where information is stored on
chips, an example is RAM.
MHz
- One MHz represents one million cycles per second. The
speed of microprocessors, called the clock speed, is measured in
megahertz.
MMX
- A type of microprocessor that can handle many common
multimedia operations that are normally handled by a separate sound
or video card.
mode
- An operational state that a system has been switched to.
modem (modulate-demodulate) - A device that adapts a computer to
a telephone line by converting the computer’s digital pulses into au-
dio frequencies for the telephone when sending. And the reverse