Glossary
device driver: A program (called a "driver") that permits a computer to communicate with a device.
dialog box: A window that accepts user input to make system settings or record other information.
disable: To turn a computer option off. See also enable.
disk drive: The device that randomly accesses information on a disk and copies it to the computer's memory. It also writes data from memory to the disk. To accomplish these tasks, the unit physically rotates the disk at high speed past a
disk storage: Storing data on magnetic disk. Data is arranged on concentric tracks much like a phonograph record.
display: A CRT, LCD, or other image producing device used to view computer output.
documentation: The set of manuals and/or other instructions written for the users of a computer system or application. Computer system documentation typically includes procedural and tutorial information as well as system functions.
double click: To press and release the pointing device's primary button rapidly twice without moving the pointing device. In the Windows? operating system, this refers to the pointing device's left button, unless otherwise stated.
driver: A software program, generally part of the operating system, that controls a specific piece of hardware (frequently a peripheral device such as a printer or mouse).
DVD: An individual digital versatile (or video) disc. See also
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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 transmits the data to printer, the printer is said to echo the CRT.
enable: To turn on a computer option. See also disable.
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