Filter
Top Products
Glossary 11
V
VersaGlide touchpad
A small, touch-sensitive pad used as a pointing device on your NEC Versa notebook
computer. With the VersaGlide, you can move your finger along the pad to move the
cursor or simulate a mouse click by tapping the pad.
VGA
Video Graphics Array. Graphics technology that supports up to 256 colors and a
graphics resolution of 640x480 pixels.
volatile memory
Storage media that loses its data when system power is turned off. Standard memory
and memory that you add to the Versa notebook are volatile memory. See nonvolatile
memory.
W
warm boot
Process of resetting the computer without turning off the power through keyboard input
(pressing Ctrl, Alt, and Del keys simultaneously). The system returns to an initial or
arbitrarily selected condition.
warm swap
Process of swapping devices in and out of a computer system without turning off the
power. The system must be in a sleep state before removing or inserting a device.
waveform
A graphic representation of a sound wave as displayed on an oscilloscope, which
converts sound waves into electronic signals.
write
To record or store information to a storage device.
X
XGA
Extended Graphics Array. This high-resolution graphics standard supports 1024x768
pixels and 16 million simultaneous colors. XGA also supports non-interlaced monitors.