Fujitsu C-4120 manual Configuration, Data, Default Value, Dimm, Disk Drive, Diskette, Driver

A p p e n d i c e s

Configuration

The combination of hardware and software that makes up your system and how it is allocated for use.

CRT

Cathode Ray Tube. A display device which uses a beam of electronic particles striking a lumi- nescent screen. It produces a visual image by varying the position and intensity of the beam.

Data

The information a system stores and processes.

DC

Direct current. A voltage or current that does not fluctuate periodically with time.

Default Value

A preprogrammed value to be used if you fail to set your own.

DIMM

Dual In-line Memory Module.

Disk

A spinning platter of magnetic data storage media. If the platter is very stiff it is a hard drive, if it is highly flexible it is a floppy disk, if it is a floppy disk in a hard housing with a shutter it is commonly called a diskette.

Disk Drive

The hardware which spins the disk and has the heads and control circuitry for reading and writing the data on the disk.

Diskette

A floppy disk in a hard housing with a shutter.

DMA

Direct Memory Access. Special circuitry for memory to memory transfers of data which do not require CPU action.

DMI

Desktop Management Interface. A standard that provides PC management applications with a common method of locally or remotely query- ing and configuring PC computer systems, hard- ware and software components, and peripherals.

DOS

Disk Operating System (MS-DOS is a Microsoft Disk Operating System).

Driver

A computer program which converts applica- tion and operating system commands to exter- nal devices into the exact form required by

a specific brand and model of device in order to produce the desired results from that particular equipment.

ECP

Extended Capability Port. A set of standards for high speed data communication and intercon- nection between electronic devices.

ESD

Electro-Static Discharge. The sudden discharge of electricity from a static charge which has built-up slowly. Example: the shock you get from a doorknob on a dry day or the sparks you get from brushing hair on a dry day.

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