Dell External OEMR 2850, User Manual

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Glossary
System Setup program
A BIOS-based program that allows you to configure your system's hardware and
customize the system's operation by setting such features as password protection
and energy management. Some options in the System Setup program require that
you reboot the system (or the system may reboot automatically) in order to make
a hardware configuration change. Because the System Setup program is stored in
NVRAM, any settings remain in effect until you change them again.
system.ini file
A start-up file for the Windows operating system. When you start Windows, it
consults the
system.ini file to determine a variety of options for the Windows
operating environment. Among other things, the system.ini file records which
video, mouse, and keyboard drivers are installed for Windows.
Running the Control Panel or Windows Setup program may change options in
the
system.ini file. On other occasions, you may need to change or add options
to the system.ini file manually with a text editor, such as Notepad.
TCP/IP
Abbreviation for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. A system for
transferring information over a computer network containing dissimilar systems,
such as systems running Windows and UNIX.
text editor
An application program for editing text files consisting exclusively of ASCII
characters. Windows Notepad is a text editor, for example. Most word processors
use proprietary file formats containing binary characters, although some can read
and write text files.
text mode
A video mode that can be defined as x columns by y rows of characters.
TFTP
Abbreviation for Trivial File Transfer Protocol, a simple form of the File Transfer
Protocol (FTP). TFTP uses the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and provides no
security features. It is often used by servers to boot diskless workstations, X-
terminals, and routers.
UART
Acronym for universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter. The UART is a system
component that handles asynchronous serial communication by converting
parallel bytes from the processor into serial bits for transmission (and vice versa).