Glossary
IrDA 1.1: An industry standard that enables cableless infrared serial data transfer at speeds of up to 4 Mbps.
J
jumper: A small clip or wire that allows you to change the hardware characteristics by electrically connecting two points of a circuit.
K
K:Taken from the Greek word kilo, meaning 1000; often used as equivalent to 1024, or 2 raised to the 10th power. See also byte and kilobyte.
KB: See kilobyte.
L
Light Emitting Diode (LED): A semiconductor device that emits light when a current is applied.
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD): Liquid crystal sealed between two sheets of glass coated with transparent conducting material. The viewing- side coating is etched into character forming segments with leads that extend to the edge of the glass. Applying a voltage between the glass sheets alters the brightness of the liquid crystal.
LSI: Large Scale Integration.
1)A technology that allows the inclusion of up to 100,000 simple logic gates on a single chip.
2)An integrated circuit that uses large scale integration.
M
megabyte (MB): A unit of data storage equal to 1024 kilobytes. See also kilobyte.
mode: A method of operation, for example, the boot mode, standby mode or the hibernation mode.
modem: Derived from modulator/demodulator, a device that converts (modulates) digital data for transmission over telephone lines and then converts modulated data (demodulates) to digital format where received.
monitor: A device that uses rows and columns of pixels to display alphanumeric characters or graphic images. See also CRT.
MP3: An audio compression standard that enables
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