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LOSSARY
-8 P
RESARIO
N
OTEBOOK
B
EYOND
S
ETUP
G
UIDE
1400 S
ERIES
main memor
y
—the minimum
recommendation for Windows pro
g
rams.
You can insert extra memor. (Visit the
followin
g
website for more information:
www.compaq.com/my presario).
See also RAM. See also byte.
microprocessor
A silicon chip inside
y
our computer that processes the
instructions and data from input devices
(such as the ke
y
board and mouse) and
communicates them to output devices
(such as the monitor, speakers,
and printer).
Microsoft Internet Explorer
A Web
browser developed b
y
the Microsoft
Corporation. See browser.
Microsoft Windows
The most popular
computer operatin
g
s
y
stem in the world. It
is characterized b
y
the use of windows and
icons. Each runnin
g
pro
g
ram and open file
has its own window. Instead of
memorizin
g
commands,
y
ou click icons to
communicate with the computer. Clickin
g
the minimize button shrinks a pro
g
ram to
an icon on the taskbar. Clickin
g
the icon
redispla
y
s the pro
g
ram as a window. You
can have several windows open at the
same time and to
gg
le from one to another
b
y
usin
g
Alt+Tab. (Press and hold down
the Alt ke
y
, press the Tab ke
y
, and then
release both ke
y
s. A palette with an icon
for each pro
g
ram is displa
y
ed. Click the
icon for the pro
g
ram
y
ou want.)
MIDI (musical instrument di
g
ital
interface)
(pronounced midd
y
). An
interface that allows the computer to
record sounds created b
y
a s
y
nthesizer and
then manipulate the data to produce new
sounds, such as chan
g
in
g
the ke
y
of a
composition. See also interface.
See also digital.
MIDI connector
A connector on the back
of the computer for plu
gg
in
g
in a
s
y
nthesizer ke
y
board.
MIDI format
A file format used to store
electronic music sounds. It can be
identified b
y
the file extension .mid. A
sound card that supports MIDI files allows
the computer to
g
enerate the s
y
nthesized
musical sounds found in
g
ames,
CD-ROMs, and presentation packa
g
es.
minimize
To shrink a runnin
g
pro
g
ram
window into an icon on the Windows
taskbar. Click the icon to restore the
pro
g
ram window. See Microsoft Windows.
modem
A device in the computer that
converts data from di
g
ital format to analo
g
format so that it can be transferred throu
g
h
a standard telephone line to another
computer. The modem in the receivin
g
computer converts the data back to di
g
ital
format. See digital.
mouse
A device that
y
ou move across
the top of
y
our desk (or a mousepad) to
move the pointer or cursor on the screen.
Click to select an item, double-click to
launch a pro
g
ram, and ri
g
ht-click to see a
shortcut menu.
mouse pointer
The arrow on the screen
that moves with the mouse.
MP3
The file extension for MPEG, audio
la
y
er 3, sound files. This format
compresses sound data from a stereo music