6Chapter 1

Panel

Ports allow you to connect peripheral devices to your computer as you would with a desktop PC.

Front Panel

#Item Description
1 Display screen Also called LCD (Liquid Crys tal Display), displays co mputer
output.
2 Touchpad Touch-sensitive pointing de vice which functions lik e a
computer mouse.
3 Floppy drive Internal diskette drive, accepts 3.5-inch floppy diskette.
4 Click button (left, center and ri ght) The left and right buttons func tion like the left and right
mouse buttons, the ce nter button serves as a s croll up/
down button.
5 Palmrest Comfortable support area for your hands when you use the
computer.
6 Keyboard Inputs data into your computer.
7 Status indicator LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) that turn on and off to show
the status of the comp uter and its functions and
components.