Compaq 700 Series manual See also Svga and XGA

Glossary

GH

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

See also joystick.

GIF Pronounced “giff.” A file format for graphics displayed on the Internet. It is easily identified by the file extension .gif.

See also 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 also 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 also SVGA and XGA.

hard disk Internal storage media for permanent storage of system files, software, and data files. The hard disk consists of flat, round platters. Each side of each platter has a head that floats on a thin cushion of air over the surface of the rapidly spinning disk and picks up (reads) magnetically stored data or records (writes) data onto the disk.

hard drive The drive that reads and writes to the hard disk. If you have a large hard drive, it may be divided into several partitions. Each partition is designated by a different icon and a drive letter, beginning, with the letter C. Partition C: contains the files the computer uses to start up. The other partitions contain no pre-installed files.

hardware The physical components of a computer—the parts you can physically touch. See also software.

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