Philips 150b5 user manual LCD Liquid Crystal Display

Glossary

An energy conservation program launched by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), promotes the manufacture and marketing of energy-efficient office automation equipment. Companies joining this program, must be willing to commit themselves to manufacture one or more products capable of going into a low -power state (< 30 W) either after a period of inactivity, or after a predetermined time selected by the user.

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L

LCD Liquid Crystal Display

An alphanumeric display, using the unique properties of liquid crystal, to form characters. The latest flat-panel displays, contains a matrix of hundreds or thousands of individual LCD cells that generate text and colorful graphics on a screen. They consume little power, though they do require external lighting to make them legible to the user.

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U

USB or Universal Serial Bus

A smart plug for PC peripherals. USB automatically determines resources (like driver software and bus bandwidth) required by peripherals. USB makes necessary resources available without user intervention.

●USB eliminates "case anxiety" -- the fear of removing the computer case to install add-on peripherals. USB also eliminates adjustment of complicated IRQ settings when installing new peripherals.

●USB does away with "port gridlock." Without USB, PCs are normally limited to one printer, two Com port devices (usually a mouse and modem), one Enhanced Parallel Port add-on (scanner or video camera, for example) and a joystick. More and more peripherals for

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