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GLOSSARY

restart: Resetting a computer without turning it off (also called ‘warm boot’ or ‘soft reset’). To restart the computer, press Ctrl + Alt + Del while the com- puter is on. See also boot.

RCA jack: A single-pin connector that carries composite video signals, which include both contrast and color information. See also S-video.

RGB: Red, green, and blue. A device that uses three input signals, each acti- vating an electron gun for a primary additive color (red, green, and blue) or port for using such a device. See also CRT.

RJ11: A modular telephone jack.

ROM: Read Only Memory: A nonvol- atile memory chip manufactured to contain information that controls the computer’s basic operation. You can- not access or change information stored in ROM.

RS-232C:The Electronic Industries Association (EIA) interface standard that describes the 25-pin connector interface and control, data, and status signals that allow asynchronous com- munications between computers, print- ers, communications and other peripheral devices.

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SCSI: Small Computer System Inter- face is an industry standard interface for connection of a variety of periph- eral devices.

serial: The handling of data bits one after the other.

serial communications: A communi- cations technique that uses as few as two interconnecting wires to send bits one after another.

serial interface: Refers to a type of information exchange that transmits information sequentially, one bit at a time. Contrast: Parallel interface.

serial port: A communications port to which you can connect devices, such as a modem, mouse, or serial printer.

SIO: Serial Input/Output. The elec- tronic methodology used in serial data transmission.

soft key: Key combinations that emu- late keys on the IBM keyboard, change some configuration options, stop pro- gram execution, and access the numeric keypad overlay.

software: The set of programs, proce- dures and related documentation asso- ciated with a computer system.

Specifically refers to computer pro- grams that direct and control the com- puter system’s activities. See also hardware.

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 color LCD. The computer sets subpixels independently, each may emit a different degree of brightness.

See also pixel.

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