Glossary-14 User’s Manual
TECRA A10/S10/M10/SatellitePro S300
U
USB: Universal Serial Bus. This serial interface lets you communicate with
several devices connected in a chain to a single port on the
computer.
V
VGA: Video Graphics Array is an industry standard video adaptor that lets
you run any popular software.
volatile memory: Random access memory (RAM) that stores information
as long as power is supplied to the computer.
W
warm start: Restarting or resetting a computer without turning it off.
Wi-Fi: A registered trademark term of the Wi-Fi Alliance that stands for
Wireless Fidelity, and is another term for the communication
protocol to permit an Ethernet connection using wireless
communication components.
window: A portion of the screen that can display its own application,
document or dialog box. Often used to mean a Microsoft Windows
window.
Wireless LAN: Local Area Network (LAN) through wireless
communication.
Wireless WAN: Wide Area Network (WAN) through wireless
communication.
write protection: A method for protecting a floppy diskette from accidental
erasure.
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