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Appendix D
Glossary
dialog
box
—
Dialog
boxes
are
user
‐
input
windows
that
contain
command
button
and
various
options
through
which
you
can
carry
out
a
particular
command
or
task.
For
example,
in
a
Windows
application
“Save
As”
dialog
box,
you
must
indicate
the
folder
to
contain
the
document
to
be
saved
and
the
name
of
that
document
when
saving
it.
dual
‐
card
configuration
—
A
setup
where
two
or
more
displays
(such
as
an
analog
display,
a
digital
display,
or
a
TV)
are
connected
to
two
NVIDIA
GPU
‐
based
graphics
cards
installed
in
the
computer.
GPU
—
NVIDIA
graphics
processor
(chip)
products
are
called
graphics
processing
units
(GPU)
.
Supported
NVIDIA
GPUs
are
listed
in
Chapter
2.
The
graphics
card
you
are
using
is
based
on
an
NVIDIA
GPU.
HDTV
—
high
definition
television.
A
system
for
transmitting
a
TV
signal
with
far
greater
resolution
than
the
standard
National
Television
Committee
(NTSC)
standards.
An
HDTV
set
requires
at
least
two
million
pixels
versus
a
common
television
set
of
360,000.
multi
‐
graphics
card
configuration
—
A
setup
where
two
or
more
displays
(such
as
an
analog
display,
a
digital
display,
or
a
TV)
are
connected
to
two
(or
more)
NVIDIA
GPU
‐
based
graphics
cards
installed
in
the
computer.
multi
‐
display
configuration
—
A
setup
where
two
or
more
displays
are
connected
to
either
a
multi
‐
display
NVIDIA
GPU
‐
based
graphics
card;
or
two
(or
more)
NVIDIA
GPU
‐
based
graphics
cards.
single
‐
display
configuration
—
A
setup
where
only
one
display
is
connected
to
the
NVIDIA
GPU
‐
based
graphics
card
in
your
computer.
SLI
(Scalable
Link
Interface)
technology
—
NVIDIA
SLI
multi
‐
GPU
technology
takes
advantage
of
the
increased
bandwidth
of
the
PCI
Express™
bus
architecture
to
allow
multiple
GPUs
to
work
together
to
deliver
accelerated
performance.
An
NVIDIA
SLI
system
consists
of
a
PCI
Express
motherboard
that
supports
two
physical
connectors
capable
of
having
two
NVIDIA
PCI
Express
graphics
cards
plugged
into
them.
The
two
graphics
cards
must
be
joined
together
by
the
NVIDIA
SLI
connector.
With
the
appropriate
graphics
drivers
installed,
SLI
mode
can
then
be
enabled
or
disabled.
When
SLI
mode
is
disabled,
you
can
use
all
the
nView
multi
‐
display
modes
that
are
supported,
including
using
up
to
four
monitors
connected
to
the
two
SLI
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