
L i f e B o o k P 2 0 0 0 N o t e b o o k – S e c t i o n N i n e
Stereo (audio)
A system using two channels to process sound from two different sources.
Stroke (keyboard)
The amount of travel of a key when it is pressed from resting to fully depressed.
Suspend
To make inoperative for a period of time. Your LifeBook notebook uses various suspension states to reduce power consumption and prolong the charge of your battery.
SVGA
Super VGA. Standard that provides 800x600 pixel resolution and a palette of 16M colors.
S-Video
Super Video. A component video system for driving a TV or computer monitor.
System Clock
An oscillator of fixed precise frequency which synchro- nizes the operation of the system and is counted to provide time of day and date.
TFT
Thin Film Transistor. A technology for flat display panels which uses a thin film matrix of transistors to control each pixel of the display screen individually.
UL
Underwriters Laboratories – An independent organiza- tion that tests and certifies the electrical safety of devices.
USB
Universal Serial Bus. An external bus standard that allows for fast data transfer. A single USB port can be used to connect up to 127 peripheral devices, such as mice, modems, and scanners.
VGA
Video Graphics Array. A video display standard originally introduced by IBM with the PS/2 series of personal computers. Provides resolutions of 720 x 400.
VRAM
Video Random Access Memory. A memory dedicated to video display data and control.
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy. WEP is a protocol for increasing privacy over wireless LANs. The protocol works by encrypting data while being transmitted over radio waves.
WFM
Wired for Management is Intel’s
Wi-Fi Compatible
Write Protect
Prevent alteration of the binary state of all bits in a storage media. Example: all information on a device such as a floppy diskette; a block of space in a storage media such as a partition of a hard drive; a file or direc- tory of floppy diskette or hard drive.
XGA
Extended graphics array. Standard that provides resolutions of 640x480 or 1024x764, supporting 64k colors.
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