Megahertz
1,000,000 cycles per second.
Memory
A repository for data and applications which is readily accessible to your notebook CPU.
MHz
Megahertz.
MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface. A standard communication protocol for exchange of information between computers and sound producers such as synthesizers.
Modem
A contraction for
Monaural
A system using one channel to process sound form all sources.
A standard for MIDI interfaces and connectors.
NTSC
National TV Standards Commission. The standard for TV broadcast and reception for the USA.
Operating System
A group of control programs that convert application commands, including driver programs, into the exact form required by a specific brand and model of microprocessor in order to produce the desired results from that particular equipment.
Parallel Port
A connection to another device through which data is transferred as a block of bits simultaneously with a wire for each bit in the block and with other wires only for control of the device not for transfer of data.
Partition
A block of space on a hard drive which is set aside and made to appear to the operating system as if it were a separate disk, and addressed by the operating system accordingly.
PCMCIA
PCMCIA is trademark of the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association.The Personal Computer Memory Card International Association is an organization that sets standards for
Peripheral Device
A piece or equipment which performs a specific function associated with but not integral to a computer. Examples: a printer, a mode, a
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