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PaceBook User's Manual Appendices
http://www.pacebook.com Page A-3
A.3 Glossary
APM Advanced Power Management, an operating and application level of power
management, your PaceBook is fully compatible with APM
BIOS Basic Input Output System. To modify the BIOS settings, press Delete when
your PaceBook starts.
Bit A binary digit, the smallest unit used in a computer. Eight bits makes a byte.
Boot To load the operating system into memory and start it
BUS Electrical circuit within the system, used to transmit data from one device to
another. Your notebook uses only PCI buses, the PCI bus is much faster than
the previous ISA bus.
Byte 8 bits
Cache Very fast kind of memory, your CPU has 128KB of Level 1 cache. There is also
a Level 2 cache of 512KB.
CardBus The bus for your PC Cards
CMOS Special Low power memory, this memory is preserved even if you turn off the
PaceBook, the BIOS code is saved here. See Chapter 6 for details.
CTS Carpal Tunnel Syndrome -- a serious injury in your wrists. See RSI.
CPU Central Processing Unit, your PaceBook is equipped with a very low power
consuming CPU, called Transmeta Crusoe model number 5600 or 5800. For
more information please visit: http://www.transmeta.com.
CRT Cathode Ray Tube, or external monitor
DMA Direct Memory Access
DOS Disk Operating System
DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
DVD Digital Versatile Disk -- large data capacity disk. Mostly used for high quality
movies, but also used for games and other software.
FDD Floppy Diskette Drive. The storage of a standard diskette is 720KB, 1.2MB
(Japan only) and 1.44MB. The PaceBook can use a FDD over the USB port.
HDD Hard Disk Drive. This is the main storage device in your PaceBook, the storage
capacity is measured in GB (GigaByte). You can change the hard disk quite
easily. Check Appendix E for more information.
IDE Integrated (or Intelligent) Drive Electronics. Your main hard disk is an IDE
device.
I/O Input/Output