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Hibernation
— A feature of many Toshiba notebook computers
that saves to the hard disk the current state of your work,
including all open files and programs, when you turn the
computer off. When you turn on the computer again, your work is
returned to the same state it was when the computer was turned
off. See also
Standby, Suspend.
high-density diskette
— A 3.5-inch diskette that holds 1.44 MB of
data. See also
diskette.
hot key
— (1) A feature in which certain keys in combination with
the
Fn
key can set system options or control system parameters,
such as the battery save mode. (2) A key or combination of keys
that activates a memory resident program.
hot swapping
— The ability to add or remove devices from a
computer while the computer is running and have the operating
system automatically recognize the change.
I
icon
— A small image displayed on the screen that represents a
function, file, or program.
interlaced
— A method of refreshing a computer screen, in which
only every other line of pixels is refreshed. Interlaced monitors
take two passes to create a complete screen image. Compare
non-
interlaced.
internal device
— See
device.
Internet
— The decentralized, world-wide network of computers
that provides electronic mail, the World Wide Web, and other
services. See also
World Wide Web.
K
keyboard shortcut
— A key or combination of keys that you use
to perform a task instead of using a pointing device such as a
mouse.
kilobyte (KB)
— A unit of data equal to 1024 bytes. See also
byte
.
L
L1 (level one) cache
— Memory cache built into the processor to
help improve processing speed. See also
cache, CPU cache, L2
cache.
