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G l o s s a r y

IDE

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

IEEE 1394

A fast external bus that allows transfer rates of up to 400
Mbps.

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.

Megabyte.

Megahertz

1,000,000 cycles per second.

Memory

A repository for data and applications which is readily
accessible to your LifeBook notebook CPU.

Memory Stick

Memory Stick is a flash memory technology developed
by Sony Electronics. Memory Stick allows you to record,
transfer and share digital content, such as still and
moving images, music, voice, and computer data and
applications.

Memory Stick PRO

Memory Stick PRO is an advancement over the Memory
Stick, offering much greater capacity and transfer speed.
The 1 GB Memory Stick PRO can hold up to six hours of
MPEG4 movies, or 20 minutes of DVD-quality MPEG2
movies.

MHz

Megahertz.

MIDI

Musical Instrument Digital Interface. A standard
communication protocol for exchange of information

between computers and sound producers such
as synthesizers.

Modem

A contraction for MOdulator-DEModulator. The
equipment which connects a computer or other data
terminal to a communication line.

Monaural

A system using one channel to process sound from all
sources.

MPU-401

A standard for MIDI interfaces and connectors.

NTSC

National TV Standards Commission. The standard for
TV broadcast and reception for the USA.

Operating System

A group of control programs that convert application
commands, including driver programs, into the exact
form required by a specific brand and model of micro-
processor in order to produce the desired results from
that particular equipment.

Partition

A block of space on a hard drive which is set aside and
made to appear to the operating system as if it were a
separate disk, and addressed by the operating system
accordingly.

PCMCIA

PCMCIA is a trademark of the Personal Computer
Memory Card International Association. The Personal
Computer Memory Card International Association is an
organization that sets standards for add-in cards for
personal computers.

Peripheral Device

A piece of equipment which performs a specific function
associated with but not integral to a computer.
Examples: a printer, a modem, a CD-ROM.

Pitch (keyboard)

The distance between the centers of the letter keys of a
keyboard.

Pixel

The smallest element of a display, a dot of color on your
display screen. The more pixels per area the clearer your
image will appear.

POST

Power On Self Test. A program which is part of the BIOS
which checks the configuration and operating condition
of your hardware whenever power is applied to your
LifeBook notebook. Status and error messages may be
displayed before the operating system is loaded. If the
self test detects failures that are so serious that operation
can not continue, the operating system will not be
loaded.

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