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Glossary

dual
scan supertwisted nematic (DSTN) display: A thin
screen, passive matrix colour LCD that meets VGA standards.

DVD
R: A Digital Versatile Disc
Recordable disk can be written once and read many times.

DVD
RAM: A Digital Versatile Disc Random Access Memory is a high
capacity, high performance disc that lets you store large volumes of data. The DVD drive uses a laser to read data from the disc.

DVD
ROM: A Digital Versatile Disc Read Only Memory is a high capacity, high performance disc suitable for play back of video and other high
density files. The DVD drive uses a laser to read data from the disc.

DVD
RW: A Digital Versatile Disc
Read/Write disc can be rewritten many times.

DVD±RW: A Digital Versatile Disc±Read/Write disc can be rewritten many times.

E

echo: To send back a reflection of the transmitted data to the sending device. You can display the information on the screen, or output it to the printer, or both. When a computer receives back data it transmitted to a CRT (or other peripheral device) and then retransmits the data to printer, the printer is said to echo the CRT.

EGA: Enhanced Graphics Adaptor. A video display protocol defined by the IBM Enhanced Graphics Adaptor and its associated circuitry for direct drive TTL displays that supports 16
colour/monochrome 640x350 and 16
colour 640x200 and 320x200 graphics, and 16
colour 640x350 and 320x350 text modes.

erase: See delete.

escape guard time: A time before and after an escape code is sent to the modem which distinguishes between escapes that are part of the transmitted data, and escapes that are intended as a command to the modem.

escape: 1) A code (ASCII code 27), signalling the computer that what follows are commands; used with peripheral devices such as printers and modems. 2) A means of aborting the task currently in progress.

execute: To interpret and execute an instruction.

Extended Capability Port: An industry standard that provides a data buffer, switchable forward and reverse data transmission, and run length encoding (RLE) support.

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