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. To restart all operations of the
computer as if the power had just been
turned on.
resume. To begin computer operations
again from suspend mode.
ROM. Read-only memory.
SDRAM. Synchronous dynamic random
access memory.
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. To stop all operations of the
computer to reduce power drain and
restrict access to the files.
SVGA. Super VGA.
TFT. Thin-film transistor.
TrackPoint. The built-in pointing device
of the ThinkPad computer.
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.
USB. Universal serial bus.
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.
VESA. Video Electronics Standards
Association.
VGA. Video graphics array, a video
mode that produces up to 640-by-480
resolution.
VSYNC. Vertical synchronization
frequency.
XMS. Extended memory specification.
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