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Glossary
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dualscan supertwisted nematic (DSTN) display: A thinscreen,
passive matrix colour LCD that meets VGA standards.
DVDR: A Digital Versatile DiscRecordable disk can be written once and
read many times.
DVDRAM: A Digital Versatile Disc Random Access Memory is a high
capacity, high performance disc that lets you store large volumes
of data. The DVD drive uses a laser to read data from the disc.
DVDROM: A Digital Versatile Disc Read Only Memory is a high capacity,
high performance disc suitable for play back of video and other
highdensity files. The DVD drive uses a laser to read data from the
disc.
DVDRW: A Digital Versatile DiscRead/Write disc can be rewritten many
times.
DVD±RW: A Digital Versatile Disc±Read/Write disc can be rewritten many
times.
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echo: To send back a reflection of the transmitted data to the sending
device. You can display the information on the screen, or output it
to the printer, or both. When a computer receives back data it
transmitted to a CRT (or other peripheral device) and then
retransmits the data to printer, the printer is said to echo the CRT.
EGA: Enhanced Graphics Adaptor. A video display protocol defined by
the IBM Enhanced Graphics Adaptor and its associated circuitry
for direct drive TTL displays that supports 16colour/monochrome
640x350 and 16colour 640x200 and 320x200 graphics, and
16colour 640x350 and 320x350 text modes.
erase: See delete.
escape guard time: A time before and after an escape code is sent to
the modem which distinguishes between escapes that are part of
the transmitted data, and escapes that are intended as a
command to the modem.
escape: 1) A code (ASCII code 27), signalling the computer that what
follows are commands; used with peripheral devices such as
printers and modems. 2) A means of aborting the task currently in
progress.
execute: To interpret and execute an instruction.
Extended Capability Port: An industry standard that provides a data
buffer, switchable forward and reverse data transmission, and run
length encoding (RLE) support.