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Glossary:
C
–
D
CD-ROM
C
ompact
D
isk
R
ead
O
nly
M
emory. This refers to both
the disk type and the drive.
The disk can hold over 600
MB of data, text, graphics,
sound and video informa-
tion. Although the form is
similar to the audio CD, its
formatting is different.
CMOS
C
omplementary
M
etal-
O
x-
ide
S
emiconductor. This
chip keeps track of setup in-
formation. The BIOS is lo-
cated on this chip. The
Setup
utility is used to change it.
Configure
To assemble a selection of
hardware or software into a
system and to adjust each of
the parts so that they all
work together.
Configuration
An assembly of machines
that are interconnected and
are programmed to operate as
a system. The layout or de-
sign of elements in a hard-
ware or information process-
ing system.
CPU
C
entral
P
rocessing
U
nit. The
component of a computer
system with the circuitry to
control the interpretation and
execution of instructions.
This computer has a
“Pentium”.
Crash
The system suddenly stops
working. This usually re-
quires a system reboot.
Disk drive
A device that reads data from
a magnetic disk and copies it
into the computer’s memory
