12 Glossary
swap
Replacing one device with another device. See hot swap and warn swap.
T
TFT
Thin Film Transistor. A type of Versa LCD color screen that supports 64K
colors and provides exceptional screen display.
U
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
A new external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of 12 Mbps
(12 million bits per second). A single USB port can be used to connect up to
126 peripheral devices, such as mice, modems, and keyboards. USB also
supports Plug-and-Play installation and hot plugging. It is expected to be
commonplace sometime in 1997 and to eventually completely replace serial
and parallel ports.
V
VGA
Video Graphics Array. Graphics technology that supports up to 256 colors
and a graphics resolution of 640 by 480 pixels.
volatile memory
Storage media that loses its data when system power is turned off. Standard
memory and memory that you add to the Versa are volatile memory. See
nonvolatile memory.
W
warm boot
Process of resetting the computer without turning off the power through
keyboard input (pressing
Ctrl
,
Alt
, and
Del
keys simultaneously) or the reset
button. The system returns to an initial or arbitrarily selected condition.
warm swap
The ability to add and remove devices to a computer while the computer is
in the suspend mode and have the operating system automatically recognize
the change when the system returns to active mode.
