2 Glossary
board
Printed circuit board. Board onto which computer components are soldered
and thin wires are printed to connect the components.
boot
To start up a computer. See cold boot and warm boot.
bus
An electronic circuit within a computer used for transmitting data or electri-
cal power from one device to another.
byte
Group of eight contiguous bits.
C
CD audio
Also called digital audio, uses the same format as conventional music CDs.
CD audio sounds have been digitized at a high sampling rate.
CD-ROM reader
A computer-controlled device that reads high-capacity optical discs and sends
the output to the computer.
CD-I
Compact disk-interactive. A format for storing and handling data for the
CD-i video or karaoke compact disks. The CDs are viewed as one big file
via the XingMPEG player. These files are not visible via the File Manager
(WfWG) or Windows Explorer (Windows 95).
clock
Electronic timer used to synchronize computer operations.
CMOS
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. A chip that contains nonvola-
tile memory in the Versa. CMOS is backed up by an internal lithium battery
that preserves clock/calendar data and system configuration parameters
stored in CMOS.
