Glossary
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| one electrode to the other during charge and discharge. |
| choice for notebooks because of their light weight, high energy density and because they |
| have no memory effect. In addition they do not use heavy metals like lead, mercury or |
| cadmium. |
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MAPI | Short for Messaging Application Program Interface. A Microsoft Windows® interface |
| enabling you to send |
| applications. |
| the application. |
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maximum RAM | The maximum amount of RAM that your computer can contain. Once this amount is |
| reached, you can no longer add additional RAM to your computer. |
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Motherboard | The motherboard is the main circuit board inside your computer. It holds the CPU, the BIOS, |
| the memory and so on. |
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MPEG | MPEG or Moving Pictures Experts Group is a standard for |
| sequences. MPEG achieves high compression rates by storing only the changes from one |
| frame to another. The decrease in data is generally imperceptible to the human eye. MPEG- |
| 1 was developed for digital storage of video and audio data on |
| better image and audio quality and is more targeted to TV broadcasting and DVD. |
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Operating system | The operating system is software that manages all the other programs in a computer. It |
| defines how the computer reads and writes information to its disks (and other hardware). |
| Windows® 2000, Windows® Millennium Edition, Windows® XP Professional and Windows® |
| XP Home Edition are examples of operating systems found on VAIOs. |
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Partition | A partition is a logical division of a computer’s hard disk. A |
| typically contain C: and D: drives. Partitioning is particularly useful if you run more than one |
| operating system or to clearly separate your data files from your installed software. |
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