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L i f e B o o k C S e r i e s – S e c t i o n E i g h t

Disk Drive

The hardware which spins the disk and has the heads
and control circuitry for reading and writing the data
on the disk.

Diskette

A floppy disk in a hard housing with a shutter.

DMA

Direct Memory Access. Special circuitry for memory
to memory transfers of data which do not require
CPU action.

DMI

Desktop Management Interface. A standard that
provides PC management applications with a common
method of locally or remotely querying and configuring
PC computer systems, hardware and software compo-
nents, and peripherals.

DOS

Disk Operating System (MS-DOS is a Microsoft Disk
Operating System).

Driver

A computer program which converts application and
operating system commands to external devices into the
exact form required by a specific brand and model of
device in order to produce the desired results from that
particular equipment.

DVD

Digital Video Disc. A type of CD-ROM that holds a
minimum of 4.7GB, enough for a full-length movie.
DVDs are backward-compatible with CD-ROMs, so that
DVD players can play old CD-ROMs, video CDs, and
new DVD-ROMs.

ECP

Extended Capability Port. A set of standards for high
speed data communication and interconnection
between electronic devices.

ESD

Electro-Static Discharge. The sudden discharge of elec-
tricity from a static charge which has built-up slowly.
Example: the shock you get from a doorknob on a dry day
or the sparks you get from brushing hair on a dry day.

Extended Memory

All memory more than the 640KB recognized by
MS-DOS as system memory.

FCC

Federal Communication Commission.

Floppy Disk

A spinning platter of magnetic data storage media which
is highly flexible.

Gigabyte.

Hard drive

A spinning platter of magnetic data storage media where
the platter is very stiff.

Hexadecimal

A decimal notation for the value of a 4 bit binary
number. (0-9, A, B, C, D, E, F) Example: 2F in hexa-
decimal = 00101111 in binary = 47 in decimal.

I/O

Input/Output. Data entering and leaving your LifeBook
notebook in electronic form.

I/O Port

The connector and associated control circuits for data
entering and leaving your LifeBook notebook in elec-
tronic form.

IDE

Intelligent Drive Electronics. A type of control interface
for a hard drive which is inside the hard drive unit.

Infrared

Light just beyond the red portion of the visible light
spectrum which is invisible to humans.

An abbreviation for infrared.

IrDA

Infrared Data Association. An organization which
produces standards for communication using infrared
as the carrier.

IRQ

Interrupt Request. An acronym for the hardware signal
to the CPU that an external event has occurred which
needs to be processed.

Kilobyte.

LAN

Local Area Network. An interconnection of computers
and peripherals within a single limited geographic
location which can pass programs and data amongst
themselves.

LCD

Liquid Crystal Display. A type of display which makes
images by controlling the orientation of crystals in a
crystalline liquid.

Lithium ion Battery

A type of rechargeable battery which has a high power-
time life for its size and is not subject to the memory
effect as Nickel Cadmium batteries.

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