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S M P — Symmetric multiprocessing. Used to describe a system that has two or more processors connected via a high-bandwidth link and managed by an operating system, where each processor has equal access to I/O devices.

S N MP — Simple Network Management Protocol. A standard interface that allows a network manager to remotely monitor and manage workstations.

S P A N N I N G — Spanning, or concatenating, disk volumes combines unallocated space from multiple disks into one logical volume, allowing more efficient use of all the space and all drive letters on a multiple-disk system.

S T R I P I N G — Disk striping writes data across three or more disks in an array, but only uses a portion of the space on each disk. The amount of space used by a "stripe" is the same on each disk used. A virtual disk may use several stripes on the same set of disks in an array. See also guarding, mirroring, and RAID.

S V G A — Super video graphics array. VGA and SVGA are video standards for video adapters with greater resolution and color display capabilities than previous standards.

S YS T E M B O A R D — As the main circuit board, the system board usually contains most of your system’s integral components, such as the processor, RAM, controllers for peripherals, and various ROM chips.

S YS T E M C O N F I G U R A T I O N I N F O R M A T I O N — Data stored in memory that tells a system what hardware is installed and how the system should be configured for operation.

S YS T E M D I S K E T T E — See bootable diskette. S YS T E M M E M O R Y — See RAM.

S YS T E M S E T U P P R O G R A M — A BIOS-based program that allows you to configure your system’s hardware and customize the system’s operation by setting features such as password protection. Because the System Setup program is stored in NVRAM, any settings remain in effect until you change them again.

S YS T E M . I N I F I L E — A start-up file for the Windows operating system. When you start Windows, it consults the system.ini file to determine a variety of options for the Windows operating environment. Among other things, the system.ini file records which video, mouse, and keyboard drivers are installed for Windows.

TCP/IP — Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. TOE — TCP/IP Offload Engine.

T E R M I N A T I O N — Some devices (such as the last device at each end of a SCSI cable) must be terminated to prevent reflections and spurious signals in the cable. When such devices are connected in a series, you may need to enable or disable the termination on these devices by changing jumper or switch settings on the devices or

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