Toshiba C55-C5243 Owner's Manual

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Glossary

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Acronyms

The following acronyms may appear in this User’s Guide.

AC

Alternating Current

BIOS

Basic Input/Output System

BD-ROM

Blu-ray Disc Read-Only Memory

bps

bits per second

CD

Compact Disc

CD-ROM

Compact Disc Read-Only Memory

CD-RW

Compact Disc Rewrite Memory

CMOS

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor

CPU

Central Processing Unit

DC

Direct Current

DMA

Direct Memory Access

DIMM

Dual Inline Memory Module

DOS

Disk Operating System