Dell WorkStation 210 manual ‡ Ram, System diskette is a synonym for bootable

screen. To take advantage of this technol- ogy, you must have a SMART-compliant hard-disk drive and the proper support in the6103system BIOS.

Abbreviation for Simple Network Management Protocol. SNMP is an industry-standard interface that allows a network manager to remotely monitor and65$manage0 workstations.

Abbreviation for static random-access memory. Because SRAM chips do not re- quire continual refreshing, they are substantially56 faster than DRAM chips.

69*Abbreviation$ for sound retrieval system.

Abbreviation for super video graphics ar- ray. VGA and SVGA are video standards for video adapters with greater resolution and color display capabilities than previ- ous standards.

To display a program at a specific resolu- tion, you must install the appropriate video drivers and your monitor must sup- port the resolution. Similarly, the number of colors that a program can display de- pends on the capabilities of the monitor, the video driver, and the amount of video VZLWFKmemory installed in the computer.

On a computer system board, switches control various circuits or functions in your computer system. These switches are known as DIP switches; they are normally packaged in groups of two or more switches in a plastic case. Two common DIP switches are used on system boards: slide switches and rocker switches. The names of the switches are based on how the settings (on and off) of the switches V\QWD[are changed.

The rules that dictate how you must type a command or instruction so that the com- puter understands it.

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As the main circuit board, the system board usually contains most of your com- puter’s integral components, such as the following:

‡Microprocessor

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‡Controllers for standard peripheral devices, such as the keyboard

‡Various ROM chips

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ABIOS-based program that allows you to configure your computer’s hardware and customize the computer’s operation by setting such features as password protec- tion and energy management. Some options in the System Setup program re- quire that you reboot the computer (or the computer may reboot automatically) in or- der to make a hardware configuration change. Because the System Setup pro- gram is stored in NVRAM, any settings remain in effect until you change them

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Astart-up file for the Windows operating system. When you start Windows, it con- sults the system.ini file to determine a variety of options for the Windows oper- ating environment. Among other things, the system.ini file records which video,

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