Compaq 1800 manual Floppy disk See diskette, See joystick

Ethernet The most widely-installed local area network technology. An Ethernet LAN typically uses coaxial cable or special upgrades of twisted pair wires. The most commonly installed Ethernet systems provide transmission speed up to 10Mbps are called 10BASE-T. Devices are connected to the cable and compete for access using a Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection protocol.

Explorer See Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Windows Explorer.

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fax modem A modem that allows your computer to transmit and receive faxes. The fax modem can transmit documents to fax machines and other computers with fax modems. It can broadcast a fax to several sites at once. A dual-purpose modem functions as both a regular modem that transmits files as attachments, and a fax modem that transmits printed documents.

file extension A dot and two or three letters after a file name that indicate the program in which the file was created. For example, .doc indicates that the file was created in Microsoft Word.

floppy disk See diskette.

folder Represented by an icon that looks like a yellow manila folder, a folder contains other folders (subfolders) and

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files. Both MS-DOS and early versions of Microsoft Windows used the term directory (and subdirectories) for folder (and subfolders).

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game port A connector on the back of the computer for plugging in a joystick.

See joystick.

GIF (pronounced giff). A file format for graphics displayed on the Internet. They are easily identified by the file extension

.gif. See JPEG.

graphical interface Communication between a person and a computer by means of images. With a pointing device, such as a mouse, you click an icon to tell the computer what you want. See icon.

graphics Pictures or illustrations, including drawings, pie charts, bar graphs, street maps, architectural and engineering designs, fashion designs, musical scores, cartoons, animated images, and photographs. A graphics card enables the monitor to display these items on the screen. See SVGA.

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