User’s Manual
Glossary-14
Glossary
SD/SDHC memory card:
Secure Digital cards are flash memory widely
used in a variety of digital devices such as digital cameras and
Personal Digital Assistants.
SECAM L:
SECAM (Sequential Color Memory) is a broadcasting standard
used in France.
serial communications:
A communications technique that uses as few as
two interconnecting wires to send bits one after another.
serial interface:
Refer to a type of information exchange that transmits
information sequentially, one bit at a time.
SIO:
Serial Input/Output. The electronic methodology used in serial data
transmission.
soft key:
Key combinations that emulate keys on the IBM keyboard,
change some configuration options, stop program execution, and
access the numeric keypad overlay.
software:
The set of programs, procedures and related documentation
associated with a computer system. Specifically refers to computer
programs that direct and control the computer system’s activities.
See also
hardware.
stop bit:
One or more bits of a byte that follow the transmitted character or
group codes in asynchronous serial communications.
subpixel:
Three elements, one red, one green and blue (RGB), that make
up a pixel on the color LCD. The computer sets subpixels
independently, each may emit a different degree of brightness.
See
also
pixel.
synchronous:
Having a constant time interval between successive bits,
characters or events.
system disk:
A disk that has been formatted with an operating system.
For MS-DOS the operating system is contained in two hidden files
and the COMMAND.COM file. You can boot a computer using a
system disk. Also called an operating system disk.
T
terminal:
A typewriter-like keyboard and CRT display screen connected to
the computer for data input/output.
TFT display:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) made from an array of liquid
crystal cells using active-matrix technology with thin film transistor
(TFT) to drive each cell.
Touch Pad:
A pointing device integrated into the TOSHIBA computer palm
rest.
TTL:
Transistor-transistor logic. A logic circuit design that uses switching
transistors for gates and storage.
