Dell GX520 - OptiPlex - 512 MB RAM User's Guide download pdf (Page 45)

FCC — Federal Communications Commission — A U.S. agency responsible for enforcing communications-related regulations that state how much radiation

computers and other electronic equipment can emit.

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floppy drive — A disk drive that can read and write to floppy disks.

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folder — A term used to describe space on a disk or drive where files are organized and grouped. Files in a folder can be viewed and ordered in various ways,

such as alphabetically, by date, and by size.

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format — The process that prepares a drive or disk for file storage. When a drive or disk is formatted, the existing information on it is lost.

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FSB — front side bus — The data path and physical interface between the processor and RAM.

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FTP — file transfer protocol — A standard Internet protocol used to exchange files between computers connected to the Internet.

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G — gravity — A measurement of weight and force.

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GB — gigabyte — A measurement of data storage that equals 1024 MB (1,073,741,824 bytes). When used to refer to hard drive storage, the term is often

rounded to 1,000,000,000 bytes.

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GHz — gigahertz — A measurement of frequency that equals one thousand million Hz, or one thousand MHz. The speeds for computer processors, buses, and

interfaces are often measured in GHz.

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graphics mode — A video mode that can be defined as x horizontal pixels by y vertical pixels by z colors. Graphics modes can display an unlimited variety of

shapes and fonts.

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GUI — graphical user interface — Software that interacts with the user by means of menus, windows, and icons. Most programs that operate on the Windows

operating systems are GUIs.

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hard drive — A drive that reads and writes data on a hard disk. The terms hard drive and hard disk are often used interchangeably.

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heat sink — A metal plate on some processors that helps dissipate heat.

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help file — A file that contains descriptive or instructional information about a product. Some help files are associated with a particular program, such as Help in

Microsoft Word. Other help files function as stand-alonereferencesources.Helpfilestypicallyhaveafilenameextensionof.hlpor.chm.

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hibernate mode — A power management mode that saves everything in memory to a reserved space on the hard drive and then turns off the computer.

When you restart the computer, the memory information that was saved to the hard drive is automatically restored.

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HTML — hypertext markup language — A set of codes inserted into an Internet web page intended for display on an Internet browser.

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HTTP — hypertext transfer protocol — A protocol for exchanging files between computers connected to the Internet.

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