User’s Manual
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Glossary
TFT display:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) made from an array of liquid
crystal cells using active-matrix technology with thin film transistor
(TFT) to drive each cell.
Touch Pad:
A pointing device integrated into the TOSHIBA computer palm
rest.
TTL:
Transistor-transistor logic. A logic circuit design that uses switching
transistors for gates and storage.
U
Universal Serial Bus:
This serial interface lets you communicate with
several devices connected in a chain to a single port on the
computer.
V
VGA:
Video Graphics Array is an industry standard video adaptor that lets
you run any popular software.
volatile memory:
Random access memory (RAM) that stores information
as long as power is supplied to the computer.
W
warm start:
Restarting or resetting a computer without turning it off.
window:
A portion of the screen that can display its own application,
document or dialog box. Often used to mean a Microsoft Windows
window.
Wireless LAN:
Local Area Network (LAN) through wireless
communication.
write protection:
A method for protecting a floppy disk from accidental
erasure.
