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A device that allows your computer to communicate with other computers over telephone lines.

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A pointing device that controls the movement of the cursor on a screen. Mouse-aware software allows you to ac- tivate commands by clicking a mouse button while pointing at objects displayed on the screen.

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Acronym for Motion Picture Experts Group. MPEG is a digital video file format.

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Abbreviation for millisecond(s).

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Abbreviation for Microsoft Disk Operating System.

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Abbreviation for mean time between failures.

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A monitor that supports several video standards. A multifrequency monitor can adjust to the frequency range of the signal from a variety of video adapters.

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Abbreviation for millivolt(s).

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Abbreviation for Network Driver Interface Specification.

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Acronym for network interface controller.

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Abbreviation for NetWare® Loadable Module.

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Abbreviation for nonmaskable interrupt. A device sends an NMI to signal the micro- processor about hardware errors, such as a parity error.

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A technique for decreasing screen flicker by sequentially refreshing each horizontal line on the screen.

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Abbreviation for nanosecond(s), one bil- lionth of a second.

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Abbreviation for the NT File System op- tion in the Windows NT operating system.

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Abbreviation for nonvolatile random- access memory. Memory that does not lose its contents when you turn off your computer. NVRAM is used for maintain- ing the date, time, and system configuration information.

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A service that typically provides access to the Internet, e-mail, bulletin boards, chat rooms, and file libraries. CompuServe® is an example of an online access service.

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Abbreviation for Operating System/2.

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Abbreviation for one-time programmable.

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An I/O port used most often to connect a parallel printer to your computer. You can usually identify a parallel port on your com- puter by its 25-hole connector.

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A value or option that you specify to a pro- gram. A parameter is sometimes called a switch or an argument.

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You can divide a hard-disk drive into mul- tiple physical sections called partitions with the fdisk command. Each partition can contain multiple logical drives.

After partitioning the hard-disk drive, you must format each logical drive with the format command.

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