Glossary: Dell Latitude D620 User's Guide
extended display mode
A display setting that allows you to use a second monitor as an extension of
your display. Also referred to as
dual display mode
.
extended PC Card
A PC Card that extends beyond the edge of the PC Card slot when installed.
F
Fahrenheit
A temperature measurement scale where 32° is the freezing point and 212° is the boiling
point of water.
FBD
fully-buffered DIMM A DIMM with DDR2 DRAM chips and an Advanced Memory Buffer (AMB) that
speeds communication between the DDR2 SDRAM chips and the system.
FCC
Federal Communications Commission A U.S. agency responsible for enforcing communications-
related regulations that state how much radiation computers and other electronic equipment can emit.
fingerprint reader
A strip sensor that uses your unique fingerprint to authenticate your user identity
to help secure your computer.
folder
A term used to describe space on a disk or drive where files are organized and grouped. Files
in a folder can be viewed and ordered in various ways, such as alphabetically, by date, and by size.
format
The process that prepares a drive or disk for file storage. When a drive or disk is formatted,
the existing information on it is lost.
FSB
front side bus The data path and physical interface between the processor and RAM.
FTP
file transfer protocol A standard Internet protocol used to exchange files between computers
connected to the Internet.
G
G
gravity A measurement of weight and force.
GB
gigabyte A measurement of data storage that equals 1024 MB (1,073,741,824 bytes). When used
to refer to hard drive storage, the term is often rounded to 1,000,000,000 bytes.
GHz
gigahertz A measurement of frequency that equals one thousand million Hz, or one thousand
MHz. The speeds for computer processors, buses, and interfaces are often measured in GHz.
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