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heatsink A metal construction placed on the processor to
dissipate heat from the processor. Sometimes a
fan is used instead.
high-density disk A 3.5 inch floppy disk holding 1.44 MB of
information.
IBM-compatible Capable of using software and components
designed for an IBM microcomputer.
industry-standard The hardware and software most commonly
used by IBM-compatible microcomputers.
interface The means of communication between different
pieces of equipment - for example, the circuitry
that enables two pieces of equipment such as a
computer and a printer to communicate with
each other.
ISA Industry Standard Architecture. A type of bus
used as standard, available on all IBM
compatible PCs (see bus).
KB A measure of information (1 KB = 1024 bytes),
sometimes written as K, KByte or Kilobyte.
LAN Local area network; see network.
local bus A high speed bus connected to the processor to
provide improved performance for graphics, hard
disk and other adapters.
low-density disk A 3.5 inch floppy disk holding 720 KB of
information.
LPT1 The device name used by the system to identify
the parallel printer port.
MB An amount of information (1 MB = 1024 x 1024
bytes), sometimes written as M, MByte or
Megabyte.
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