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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:

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‡Controllers for standard peripheral devices, such as the keyboard

‡Various ROM chips

Frequently used synonyms for system board are motherboard and logic board.

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Data stored in memory that tells a com- puter what hardware is installed and how the computer should be configured for operation.

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System diskette is a synonym for bootable diskette.

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System memory is a synonym for RAM.

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A BIOS-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 again.

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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,

mouse, and keyboard drivers are installed for Windows.

Running the Control Panel or Windows Setup program may change options in the system.ini file. On other occasions, you may need to change or add options to the system.ini file manually with a text editor, such as Notepad.

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Some devices (such as the last device at each end of a SCSI cable) must be termi- nated 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 by changing settings in the configuration software for the devices.

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An application program for editing text files consisting exclusively of ASCII char- acters. Windows Notepad is a text editor, for example. Most word processors use proprietary file formats containing binary characters, although some can read and write text files.

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A video mode that can be defined as x columns by y rows of characters.

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A specified period of system inactivity that must occur before an energy conser- vation feature is activated.

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Abbreviation for tracks per inch.

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Abbreviation for terminate-and-stay- resident. A TSR program runs “in the background.” Most TSR programs imple- ment a predefined key combination (sometimes referred to as a hot key) that allows you to activate the TSR program’s interface while running another program. When you finish using the TSR program, you can return to the other application

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