m | EXPRESS SER VICE CODE — A numeric code located | |
c o | on a sticker on your Dell™ computer. Use the Express | |
l l . | Service Code when contacting Dell for assistance. Express | |
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Service Code service may not be available in some | ||
r t | countries. | |
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EXTENDED DISPLAY MODE — A display setting that | ||
s u | allows you to use a second monitor as an extension of your | |
display. Also referred to as dual display mode. | ||
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EXTENDED PC CARD — A PC Card that extends | ||
l l . | beyond the edge of the PC Card slot when installed. | |
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| FAHRENHEIT — A temperature measurement system | |
| where 32° is the freezing point and 212° is the boiling | |
| point of water. | |
| FCC — Federal Communications Commission — A | |
| U.S. agency responsible for enforcing communications- | |
| related regulations that state how much radiation | |
| computers and other electronic equipment can emit. | |
| FLOPPY DRIVE — A disk drive that can read and write | |
| to floppy disks. | |
| FOLDER — A term used to describe space on a disk or | |
| drive where files are organized and grouped. Files in a | |
| folder can be viewed and ordered in various ways, such as | |
| alphabetically, by date, and by size. | |
| FORMAT — The process that prepares a drive or disk for | |
| file storage. When a drive or disk is formatted, the | |
| existing information on it is lost. | |
| FSB — front side bus — The data path and physical | |
| interface between the processor and RAM. | |
| FTP — file transfer protocol — A standard Internet | |
| protocol used to exchange files between computers | |
| connected to the Internet. |
G
G— gravity — A measurement of weight and force.
GB — gigabyte — A measurement of data storage that equals 1024 MB (1,073,741,824 bytes). When used to
refer to hard drive storage, the term is often rounded to 1,000,000,000 bytes.
GHZ — gigahertz — A measurement of frequency that equals one thousand million Hz, or one thousand MHz. The speeds for computer processors, buses, and interfaces are often measured in GHz.
GRAPHICS MODE — A video mode that can be defined as x horizontal pixels by y vertical pixels by z colors. Graphics modes can display an unlimited variety of shapes and fonts.
GUI — graphical user interface — Software that interacts with the user by means of menus, windows, and icons. Most programs that operate on the Windows operating systems are GUIs.
H
HARD DRIVE — A drive that reads and writes data on a hard disk. The terms hard drive and hard disk are often used interchangeably.
HEAT SINK — A metal plate on some processors that helps dissipate heat.
HELP FILE — A file that contains descriptive or instructional information about a product. Some help files are associated with a particular program, such as Help in Microsoft Word. Other help files function as stand- alone reference sources. Help files typically have a filename extension of .hlp or .chm.
HIBERNATE MODE — A power management mode that saves everything in memory to a reserved space on the hard drive and then turns off the computer. When you restart the computer, the memory information that was saved to the hard drive is automatically restored.
HTML — hypertext markup language — A set of codes inserted into an Internet web page intended for display on an Internet browser.
HTTP — hypertext transfer protocol — A protocol for exchanging files between computers connected to the Internet.
