NEC VXi manual Glossary, VersaGlide, volatile memory, warm boot, warm swap, waveform, write

V

VersaGlide

A small, touch-sensitive pad used as a pointing device on your NEC Versa notebook computer. With the VersaGlide, you can move your finger along the pad to move the cursor or simulate a mouse click by tapping the pad.

VGA

Video Graphics Array. Graphics technology that supports up to 256 colors and a graphics resolution of 640 by 480 pixels.

volatile memory

Storage media that loses its data when system power is turned off. Standard memory and memory that you add to the Versa are volatile memory. See nonvolatile memory.

W

warm boot

Process of resetting the computer without turning off the power through keyboard input (pressing Ctrl, Alt, and Del keys simultaneously). The system returns to an initial or arbitrarily selected condition.

warm swap

Process of swapping devices in and out of a computer system without turning off the power. The system must be in a sleep state before removing or inserting a device.

waveform

A graphic representation of a sound wave as displayed on an oscilloscope, which converts sound waves into electronic signals.

write

To record or store information to a storage device.

X

XGA

Extended Graphics Array. This high-resolution graphics standard supports 640 x 480 – 1024 x 768 pixel and 16 million simultaneous colors. XGA also supports non- interlaced monitors.

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