Samsung M6000 Laptop User Manual


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SamsungM6000User’sManual Glossary104
timerequiredforthemicroprocessortogetthedataitneedsfrom
themainmemorybystoringrecentlyaccesseddatainthecache.
CardBus
CardBustechnologyenablesthecomputertouse32-bitPCCards.
HardwareinthecomputerandtheWindows98operatingsystem
providesupportforthe32-bitcards.Thevoltageof32-bitcards
(3.3volts)islowerthanthatof16-bitcards(5volts).The32-bit
cardscantransmitmoredataatatimethanthe16-bitcards,thus
increasingtheirspeed.
CMOSmemory
CMOS(complementarymetaloxidesemiconductor)memoryis
poweredbytheCMOSbattery.TheSystemSetupsettingsand
otherparametersaremaintainedinCMOSmemory.Evenwhen
youturnyourcomputeroff,theinformationinCMOSmemoryis
saved.
COMport
COMstandsforcommunication.COMportsaretheserialportsin
yourcomputer.
Conventionalmemory
Thefirst640KBofsystemmemory.Operatingsystemsand
applicationprogramscandirectlyaccessthismemorywithout
usingmemory-managementsoftware.
CMYK
Aacolormodelinwhichallcolorsaredescribedasamixtureof
fourprocesscolors-Cyan,Magenta,YellowandBlack.CMYKis
thestandardcolormodelusedinoffsetprintingforfull-color
documents.Printedcolorslookthesameaswhatappearsonthe
screen.
Disc
Acompactdisc(CD).
Disk
Thedeviceusedbythecomputertostoreandretrieveinformation.
Diskcanrefertoafloppydisk,harddisk,orRAMdisk.
Diskcache
Asoftwaredevicethataccumulatescopiesofrecentlyuseddisk
sectorsinRAM.Theapplicationprogramcanthenreadthese
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