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Glossary
Read-Only Memory
—See
ROM.
reboot
—See
boot
,
restart
.
removable disk
—A disk that can be removed from a disk drive. A Flash
drive is one example of a removable disk.
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
—Synonymous with reboot. To reset the tablet by reloading the
operating system without turning the tablet off. See also
boot
.
ROM (Read-Only Memory)
—Non-volatile memory that can be read
but not written to.
Non-volatile
here means that information in ROM
remains whether or not the tablet is receiving power. This type of
memory is used to store your tablet’s BIOS, which is essential
instructions the tablet reads when you start it up.
See also
BIOS,
memory.
Compare
RAM.
S
Secure Digital (SD)
—A small, portable, non-volatile memory card used
to store and transfer data between digital products, providing
encryption capability for content security.
select
—To highlight or otherwise specify text, data, or graphics with the
intent to perform some operation on it.
shortcut
—See
Application shortcut
.
Sleep
—A feature of some operating systems that allows you to turn off
the tablet without exiting your open applications and to continue
from where you left off when you turn the tablet on again.
software
—See
application.
Compare
hardware.
Swipe
—To move your finger quickly across the surface of the
screen without pausing.
Sync
—To synchronize files and data or accounts so that the same
information is shared in multiple places.
T
TFT display
—Thin Film Transistor display. See
active-matrix display
.
Touch
—To activate items displayed on the screen, such as apps,
setting icons, and onscreen buttons by touching them with your
finger.
