Toshiba A45 Series manual TFT display See active-matrix display

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software — See program. Compare hardware.

Standby — A feature of some Windows® operating systems that allows you to turn off the computer without exiting your open applications and to continue from where you left off when you turn the computer on again.

Suspend — A feature of some Windows® operating systems that allows you to turn off the computer without exiting your open applications and to continue from where you left off when you turn the computer on again.

system disk — A diskette that contains the operating system files needed to start the computer. Any diskette can be formatted as a system disk. A system disk is also called a “bootable disk” or a “startup disk.” Compare non-system disk.

system prompt — The symbol (in the MS-DOS®operating system, generally a drive letter followed by a “greater than” sign) indicating where users are to enter commands.

TFT display — See active-matrix display.

Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 — A serial bus that supports peripherals such as keyboards and pointing devices. USB peripherals have a single standard for cables and connectors. The USB standard also allows hot swapping of peripherals. See also bus, hot swapping, serial.

upload — To send a file to another computer through a modem or network. See also download.

USB — See universal serial bus (USB).

utility — A computer program designed to perform a narrowly focused operation or solve a specific problem. Utilities are often related to computer system management.