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SCSI: Small Computer System Interface is an industry standard interface for connection of a variety of peripheral devices.
SD cards: Secure Digital cards are flash memory widely used in a variety of digital devices such as digital cameras and Personal Digital Assistants.
serial port: A communications port to which you can connect devices, such as a modem, mouse, or serial printer.
serial: The handling of data bits one after the other.
SIO: Serial Input/Output. The electronic methodology used in serial data transmission.
Smart media: A storage card of about
soft key: Key combinations that emulate keys on the IBM keyboard, change some configuration options, stop program execution, and access the numeric keypad overlay.
software: The set of programs, procedures and related documentation
associated with a computer system. Specifically refers to computer programs that direct and control the computer system’s activities. See also hardware.
standby: See resume.
stop bit: One or more bits of a byte that follow the transmitted character or group codes in asynchronous serial communications.
subpixel: Three elements, one red, one green and blue (RGB), that make
up a pixel on the colour LCD. The computer sets subpixels independently, each may emit a different degree of brightness. See also pixel.
suspend: See resume.
synchronous: Having a constant time interval between successive bits, characters or events.
system disk: A disk that has been formatted with an operating system. For
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