Toshiba 8000 series, Руководство пользователя

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Part III: Appendixes
Glossary
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resolution: A measure of the sharpness of the images that can be
produced by a printer or displayed on a screen. For a printer,
resolution is expressed in dots per inch (dpi). For a screen, it is
expressed as the number of pixels available horizontally and
vertically.
restart: Resetting a computer without turning it off (also called “warm
boot” or “soft reset”). To restart the computer while it is on, press
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
Del
or use the reset button. In Windows 95 and Windows
NT, you can also use the Restart option on the Shut Down menu.
See also
boot .
Resume Mode: A feature supplied by Toshiba that lets you turn off the
power to your notebook computer without exiting from the
applications you are using. Resume Mode retains your data and the
details of your screen display in RAM. When you turn the computer
on again, you automatically return to the point in your work at
which you left off. Windows 95 or Windows NT has a similar
feature called Suspend, but Resume Mode is available whatever
operating system you are using.
RJ-11: A modular telephone connector used on most telephone networks
and direct-connect modems.
root directory: The directory on a disk at the “top” of the directory
structure. All subdirectories on the disk connect directly or
indirectly to the root directory.
RS-232-C: The Electronic Industries Association (EIA) interface
standard for asynchronous communication. It defines control, data
and status signals for cables connecting computers with printers and
other peripheral devices.
S
select: To highlight text or display handles around graphics.
serial: The handling of data bits one after the other.
serial communications: A communications technique that uses as few as
two interconnecting wires to send bits one after another.
serial interface: An interface between systems or system components in
which information is transmitted sequentially, one bit at a time. The
transmitted bits are reassembled, at the receiving component.