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Dell 2100/200, 2100/180 manual Ccft, Cd-Rom, Cga, Cmos, Con, Cpu, Dac, Dat

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CCFT

Abbreviation for cold cathode fluorescent tube.

CD-ROM

Abbreviation for compact disc read-only memory. CD-ROM drives use optical technology to read data from compact discs. Compact discs are read-only storage devic- es; you cannot write new data to a compact disc with standard CD-ROM drives.

CGA

Abbreviation for color graphics adapter.

cm

Abbreviation for centimeter(s).

CMOS

Acronym for complementary metal-oxide semiconductor. In computers, CMOS memory chips are often used for NVRAM storage.

COMn

The MS-DOS device names for the first through fourth serial ports on your computer are COM1, COM2, COM3, and COM4. MS-DOS supports up to four serial ports. However, the default interrupt for COM1 and COM3 is IRQ4, and the default interrupt for COM2 and COM4 is IRQ3. Therefore, you must be careful when configuring software that runs a serial device so that you don’t create an interrupt conflict.

CON

The MS-DOS device name for the console, which includes your computer’s keyboard and text displayed on the screen.

config.sys file

When you boot your computer, MS-DOS runs any com- mands contained in the text file, config.sys (before running any commands in the autoexec.bat file). A config.sys file is not required to boot MS-DOS, but provides a convenient place to run commands that are essential for setting up a consistent computing environment—such as loading device drivers with a device= statement.

controller

A chip or expansion card that controls the transfer of data between the microprocessor and a peripheral, such as a disk drive or the keyboard.

conventional memory

The first 640 KB of RAM. Unless they are specially de- signed, MS-DOS programs are limited to running in conventional memory. See also EMM, expanded memory, extended memory, HMA, memory manager, upper mem- ory area, and XMM.

coprocessor

A coprocessor relieves the computer’s microprocessor of specific processing tasks. A math coprocessor, for exam- ple, handles numeric processing. A graphics coprocessor handles video rendering. Intel486 DX™, IntelDX2™, IntelDX4™, and Pentium® microprocessors include a built-in math coprocessor.

cpi

Abbreviation for characters per inch.

CPU

Abbreviation for central processing unit. See also microprocessor.

cursor

In character-based MS-DOS programs, the cursor is usu- ally a block or an underscore (possibly blinking) that represents the position at which the next character typed will appear. Windows programs can design their own cur- sors—common cursor symbols include the pointer arrow and the text-insertion I-beam.

DAC

Acronym for digital-to-analog converter.

DAT

Acronym for digital audio tape.

dB

Abbreviation for decibel(s).

dBA

Abbreviation for adjusted decibel(s).

DC

Abbreviation for direct current.

device driver

A device driver allows the operating system or a program to interface correctly with a peripheral, such as a printer or network card. Some device drivers—such as network drivers—must be loaded from the config.sys file (with a

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2100/180, 2100/200 specifications

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