IBM ThinkPad 365X, User Manual

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megabyte (MB). 1024 kilobytes. About
1 million (1,048,576 or 220) bytes.
memory. Often referred to as
random-access memory (RAM),
measured in kilobytes (KB) or megabytes
(MB) of information.
MHz. Megahertz.
microcode. One or more
microinstructions used in a product as an
alternative to hard-wired circuitry to
implement functions of a processor or
other system component.
MIDI. Musical Instrument Digital
Interface.
modem. A device that connects your
computer to a telephone line, allowing it
to communicate with another computer at
another location.
parallel port. A port used to attach
such devices as dot-matrix printers and
input/output units; it transmits data 1 byte
at a time.
parity check. A redundancy check by
which a recalculated parity bit is
compared with the pregiven parity bit.
partial suspend mode. A kind of
suspend mode where only a part of the
system components use power.
password. A series of letters or
numbers that you designate to restrict
access to your computer.
PC Card. A card that is based on the
PCMCIA standard.
PCMCIA. Personal Computer Memory
Card International Association.
pel. Picture element.
picture element. In computer graphics,
the smallest element of a display surface
that can be independently assigned color
and intensity.
pixel. Picture element.
pointing device. An instrument, such
as a mouse, TrackPoint III, or joystick,
that is used to move a pointer on the
screen.
POST. Power-on self-test.
pop-up menu. On the display screen, a
menu that emerges in an upward
direction from a particular point or line on
a display screen.
prompt. A visual or audible message
sent by a program to request the user's
response.
pull-down menu. On the display
screen, a menu that emerges in a
downward direction from a point or line at
or near the top of the screen.
reboot. Restart all operations of the
computer as if the power were just turned
on.
resume. To begin computer operations
again from suspend mode.
serial port. A port used to attach such
devices as display devices, letter-quality
printers, modems, plotters, and such
pointing devices as light pens and mice;
it transmits data 1 bit at a time.
suspend mode. A power-saving mode
in which all computer operations are
stopped in order to reduce power drain
and restrict access to the files.
SVGA. Super video graphics adapter, a
video mode that produces up to
1024-by-768 resolution.
STN. Super-twisted nematic.
TFT. See thin-film transistor.
thin-film transistor (TFT). A type of
material that is used to create some LCD
computer screens.
TSRs. Terminate-and-stay-resident
programs. Memory-resident programs
that are loaded into memory and stay
there so you can conveniently access
them whenever you need to.
vertical expansion. A video display
technique in character-display mode to fit
video images on the whole LCD screen
by adjusting the number of character dots
vertically.
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