Toshiba 5205 Series User Guide

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serial — Processes that occur one at a time. In communications, it 

means the transmission of one bit at a time sequentially over a 
single channel. On your computer, the serial port provides a serial 
interface between the computer and an appropriate device. 
Compare parallel.

shortcut — See keyboard shortcut.

software — See program. Compare hardware.

Stand by — A feature of some Windows

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 operating systems that 

allows you to turn off the computer without exiting your open 
applications and to continue from where you left off when you 
turn the computer on again.

Suspend — A feature of some Windows

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 operating systems that 

allows you to turn off the computer without exiting your open 
applications and to continue from where you left off when you 
turn the computer on again.

system disk — A diskette that contains the operating system files 

needed to start the computer. Any diskette can be formatted as a 
system disk. A system disk is also called a “bootable disk” or a 
“startup disk.” Compare non-system disk.

system prompt — The symbol (in the MS-DOS

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 operating system, 

generally a drive letter followed by a “greater than” sign) 
indicating where users are to enter commands.

TFT display — See active-matrix display.

universal serial bus (USB) — A serial bus that supports a data 

transfer rate of up to 12 Mbps (12 million bits per second). USB 
can connect up to 127 peripheral devices through a single all-
purpose USB port. USB allows hot swapping of peripherals. See 
also bus, hot swapping, serial.

upload — To send a file to another computer through a modem or 

network. See also download.

 — See universal serial bus (USB).

utility — A computer program designed to perform a narrowly 

focused operation or solve a specific problem. Utilities are often 
related to computer system management.