pointing

device

 

.

An

instrument,

suchprinters,

modems,

plotters,

and

such

 

as

a

mouse,

TrackPoint, or joystick,pointingthatdevices

as

light

pens

and

mice;

is

used

 

to

move

a

pointer

on

theit

transmitsscreen.

data

1

bit

at

a

time.

pop-up

menu

 

.

On the display screen,standby

amode

 

.

A

kind

of

suspend

 

 

menu

that

emerges

in

an

upward

modedirec-where

only

a part of the system

tion from a particular point or

componelinetsa use power.

 

 

 

 

 

display

screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

suspend .

 

To

stop all operations of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POST

.

 

Power-on

self-test.

 

 

computer

to

reduce

power

drain

and

power

mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

restrict

access

to

the

 

files.

 

 

 

.

The

ThinkPad

has

three

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

battery

 

operation power modes, suchSVGA .as Super video graphics

adapter, a

maximum performance, maximum batteryvideo mode that

produces

up

to

 

life,

and

customized.

 

 

 

 

1024-by-768

resolution.

 

 

 

 

 

prompt .

 

A visual or audible messageTFT .

Thin-film transistor.

 

 

 

 

 

sent by a program to request the user's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

response.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TSRs .

Terminate-and-stay-resident

pro-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

grams, memory-resident programs

that

 

PSTN . Public-switched

telephone

are

loaded

into

memory

and stay there

network.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

so you can conveniently access them

 

pull-down

menu

 

 

.

On

the

display

whenever

you

need to.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

screen, a menu that emerges in

USBan .

Universal serial bus.

 

 

 

downward direction from a particular

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

point

or

 

line at

or

near

the

topverticalof expansionthe

.

A

video

display

 

screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

technique

 

in

character- display mode to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fit

video

images

on

the

whole

LCD

 

reboot

.

To

restart all operationsscreenof theby

adjusting

the

number

of

char-

computer

 

as

if

the

power

were acterjust

turneddots

vertically.

 

 

 

 

 

on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VESA . Video Electronics Standards

resume . To begin computer operatiAssociationns . again from standby mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

VGA

.

Video graphics

adapter,

a video

ROM .

Read-only

memory.

 

mode

that produces up

to 640-by-480

SDRAM

 

 

 

 

 

resolution.

 

 

.

Static

dynamic

random

access

 

 

 

memory.

 

 

 

 

VSYNC

 

. Vertical synchronization

fre-

serial

port

 

 

 

 

quency.

 

 

.

A port used

to attach

such

 

 

devices

as

display devices,

letterXMS

-.qualityExtended memory

specification.

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