Samsung M6000 Laptop User Manual


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SamsungM6000User’sManual Glossary106
phosphordotsonthebackofthescreen.Thephosphordotslight
uptoshowtheimage.LCDsusealiquid-crystalsolutionbetween
twosheetsofpolarizingmaterial.Electriccurrentpassingthrough
theliquidalignsthecrystalssothatlightcanorcannotpass
throughthem,creatinganimage.
MB
1,024kilobytes.
Megabit
1,048,576bitsorabout128kilobytes.
Operatingsystem
Aprogramthatsupervisesthecomputer'soperation,including
handlingI/O.Applicationprogramsanduserscanrequest
operating-systemservices.Ausermightrequestoperation-system
servicestocopyfilesorformatadisk.Anapplicationprogram
mightusetheoperatingsystemtoobtainkeyboardinput,write
datatoafile,orwritedatatoascreen.
PCCard
PCCardstandsforpersonalcomputercard.ThePersonal
ComputerMemoryCardInternationalAssociation(PCMCIA)
definesthestandardsusedtodevelopallPCCards.PCCardtypes
include:modems,Ethernetadapters,SCSIadapters,ATAcards,
andmemorycards.
PCslot
ThePCslotisthehardwareslotinthecomputerwherethePC
Cardisplaced.
Pixel
Apixelisanindividualdotinagraphicdisplayedonyour
computer.Thepixelsaresoclosetogetherthattheylookasthough
theyareconnected.AnLCDscreendisplaysthousandsormillions
ofpixels.
PlugandPlay
Aplugandplayoperatingsystemautomaticallyconfigures
computercomponentstoworkwithyoursystem.Withthistypeof
operatingsystem,younormallydonotneedtosetjumperson
devicesorsetmemoryaddressesorIRQs.
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