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Abbreviation for Peripheral Component Interconnect. A standard for local-bus implementation developed by Intel Corporation.

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An internal or external device—such as a printer, a disk drive, or a keyboard—con- nected to a computer.

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Abbreviation for pin grid array, a type of microprocessor socket that allows you to remove the microprocessor chip.

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A single point on a video display. Pixels are arranged in rows and columns to cre- ate an image. A video resolution, such as 640 x 480, is expressed as the number of pixels across by the number of pixels up and down.

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An industry-standard specification that makes it easier to add hardware devices to personal computers. Plug and Play provides automatic installation and con- figuration, compatibility with existing hardware, and dynamic support of mobile computing environments.

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Acronym for power-on self-test. Before the operating system loads when you turn on your computer, the POST tests various system components such as RAM, the disk drives, and the keyboard.

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Abbreviation for pages per minute.

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Abbreviation for plastic quad flat pack, a type of microprocessor socket in which the microprocessor chip is permanently mounted.

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The Program Diskette Maker allows you to create program diskette sets, or master copies, of software that Dell installed on

your computer system. It is essential that you create these diskette sets as soon as possible. You may need a set of master diskettes if you ever experience problems with your hard-disk drive and need to re- install your Dell-installed software. If your system includes Dell-installed software, you can select this program from the Dell Accessories program folder.

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The set of diskettes from which you can perform a complete installation of an op- erating system or application program.

When you reconfigure a program, you of- ten need its program diskette set.

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An operating mode supported by 80286 or higher microprocessors, protected mode allows operating systems to implement:

‡A memory address space of 16 MB (80286 microprocessor) to 4 GB (Intel386 or higher microprocessor)

‡Multitasking

‡Virtual memory, a method for increasing addressable memory by using the hard-disk drive

The Windows NT, OS/2, and UNIX®32-bit operating systems run in protected mode. MS-DOS cannot run in protected mode; however, some programs that you can start from MS-DOS, such as the Windows operating system, are able to put the com- puter into protected mode.

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Abbreviation for Personal System/2.

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Acronym for redundant array of inexpen- sive disks.

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Acronym for random-access memory. The computer’s primary temporary stor- age area for program instructions and data. Each location in RAM is identified by a number called a memory address. Any

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