serial port

One of the types of connector ports on a

 

computer. It can be used to connect devices

 

such as modems, mice and so on.

shutoff time

The amount of time your device stays on if

 

you forget to turn it off.

simpliWrite

A copyrighted system of handwriting recogni-

 

tion developed by ART.

soft reset

Exits a temporarily problematic program and

 

takes you to the calibration screen. A soft

 

reset of the eBookMan is performed either by

 

gently depressing the reset button at the

 

back of the device or selecting Restart sys-

 

tem on the Launcher menu. It should not be

 

confused with hard reset.

Status bar

A bar in a program that displays some infor-

 

mation about the program. In Desktop

 

Manager, the status bar is at the bottom of

 

the window and tells you what the program is

 

currently doing, such as “Ready” or

 

“Uploading item” and so on. In the

 

Launcher, the status bar is at the bottom of

 

screen and shows remaining battery life,

 

time/date, the current category, and the avail-

 

able free memory.

Stylus

A pen-like instrument that is used for writing.

sync

The informal term for synchronization.

synchronization

To bring two or more programs or events to a

 

parallel state. For example, you can synchro-

 

nize the data in your Microsoft® Outlook®

 

with the data in the organizer applications

 

on your eBookMan device so that the same

 

data is contained in both places.

translator

Term used in IntellisyncTM to stand for the

 

organizer application on your PC whose data

 

you want to synchronize with the data in the

 

organizer applications on your eBookMan

 

device.

USB

Universal Serial Bus.

USB port

One of the types of connector ports on a com-

 

puter. On your PC it can support multiple

 

peripheral devices such as mice, printers and

 

so on.

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