30

Finding Your Way Around

Making sure you have everything

Use the two USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports to connect USB peripherals to the computer.

DEFINITION: USB is a peripheral expansion standard that supports data transfer rates up to 12 Mbps for 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.

Right side

Diskette drive

 

 

 

 

Network port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD-ROM drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modem port

Infrared port

Headphone jack

Microphone jack

Volume control

 

 

 

The diskette drive allows you to use 3.5-inch diskettes to store

 

 

 

your work or install software. For more information, see Using

 

 

 

diskettes on page 70.

 

 

 

The RJ45 jack provides access to a LAN via a standard Ethernet®

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network cable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The DVD-ROM drive allows you to use DVDs and compact discs

 

 

 

with the computer. You can use it to install and run programs from

 

 

 

CD-ROMs and to play audio CDs. For more information, see

 

 

 

Starting DVDExpress on page 152.

 

 

 

The modem port enables you to connect the built-in modem to a

 

 

 

standard telephone line.