Dell WorkStation 210 manual Abbreviation for kilobytes per second, Abbreviation for pounds

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Abbreviation for interrupt request. A sig- nal that data is about to be sent to or received by a peripheral device travels by an IRQ line to the microprocessor. Each peripheral connection must be assigned an IRQ number. For example, the first se- rial port in your computer (COM1) is assigned to IRQ4 by default. Two devices can share the same IRQ assignment, but you cannot operate both devices ,6simultaneously.$

Acronym for Industry-Standard Architec- ture. A 16-bit expansion bus design. The expansion-card connectors in an ISA com- puter are also compatible with 8-bit ISA ,7(expansion cards.

Abbreviation for information technology MXPSHUequipment.

Jumpers are small blocks on a circuit board with two or more pins emerging from them. Plastic plugs containing a wire fit down over the pins. The wire connects the pins and creates a circuit. Jumpers provide a simple and reversible method of changing the circuitry in a printed circuit board.

Abbreviation for kilo-, indicating 1,000.

Abbreviation%￿VHF for kilobyte(s), 1,024 bytes.

Abbreviation for kilobyte(s) per second.

.AbbreviationELW￿V￿￿VHFfor kilobit(s), 1,024 bits.

NH\AbbreviationFRPELQDWLRQfor kilobit(s) per second.

A command requiring you to press multi- ple keys at the same time. For example, you can reboot your computer by pressing the <Ctrl><Alt><Del> key combination.

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N+]Abbreviation for kilogram(s), 1,000 grams.

/Abbreviation$1 for kilohertz, 1,000 hertz.

Acronym for local area network. A LAN system is usually confined to the same building or a few nearby buildings, with all equipment linked by wiring dedicated OEspecifically to the LAN.

/('Abbreviation for pound(s).

Abbreviation for light-emitting diode. An electronic device that lights up when a ORFDOcurrentEXVis passed through it.

On a computer with local-bus expansion capability, certain peripheral devices (such as the video adapter circuitry) can be designed to run much faster than they would with a traditional expansion bus. Some local-bus designs allow peripherals to run at the same speed and with the same width data path as the computer’s /37microprocessor3 .

The device names for the first through third parallel printer ports on your comput- er are LPT1, LPT2, and LPT3.

Abbreviation for meter(s).

Abbreviation$K for milliampere(s).

PDWKAbbreviationFRSURFHVVRUfor milliampere-hour(s).

See0Ecoprocessor.

Abbreviation for megabit.

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