TOSHIBA TE2300

Glossary

The terms in this glossary cover the topics discussed in this manual. Alternate naming is included for reference.

Abbreviations

AC:

alternating current

AGP:

accelerated graphics port

ANSI:

American National Standards Institute

APM:

advanced power manager

ASCII:

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

BIOS:

basic input output system

CMOS:

complementary metal-oxide semiconductor

CPU:

central processing unit

CRT:

cathode ray tube

DC:

direct current

DDC:

display data channel

DOS:

disk operating system

DMA:

direct memory access

DRAM:

dynamic random access memory

DSVD:

Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data

DVD:

Digital Versatile Disc

DVI:

Digital Visual Interface

ECP:

extended capabilities port

EGA:

enhanced graphics adapter

FDD:

floppy disk drive

FIR:

fast infrared

HDD:

hard disk drive

IDE:

integrated drive electronics

I/O:

input/output

IrDA:

Infrared Data Association

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