Cabin S Series.book manual System Clock, Write Protect, Zip Drive, Zoomed Video

SVGA

Super VGA.

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.

VGA

Video Graphics Array. A video display standard originally introduced by IBM with the PS/2 series of personal computers.

G l o s s a r y

VRAM

Video Random Access Memory. A memory dedicated to video display data and control.

WFM

Wired for Management is Intel’s broad-based initiative to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) of business computing without sacrificing power and flexibility.

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 VGA.

Zip Drive

A 100MB read/write removable media disk drive.

Zoomed Video

A PC Card port which allows notebook PCs to deliver full screen broadcast quality video through third party PC Cards, including TV tuners, video capture, and MPEG full-motion video.

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