Toshiba NB200 User Manual

User’s Manual

Glossary-13

Glossary

soft key: Key combinations that emulate keys on the IBM keyboard, 

change some configuration options, stop program execution, and 

access the numeric keypad overlay. 

software: The set of programs, procedures and related documentation 

associated with a computer system. Specifically refers to computer 

programs that direct and control the computer system°¶s activities. 

See also hardware. 

stop bit: One or more bits of a byte that follow the transmitted character or 

group codes in asynchronous serial communications. 

synchronous: Having a constant time interval between successive bits, 

characters or events. 

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", "boot disk" or a 

"startup disk." Compare non-system disk. 

terminal: A typewriter-like keyboard and CRT display screen connected to 

the computer for data input/output. 

TFT display: A liquid crystal display (LCD) made from an array of liquid 

crystal cells using active-matrix technology with thin film transistor 

(TFT) to drive each cell. 

Touch Pad: A pointing device integrated into the TOSHIBA computer palm 

rest. 

USB: Universal Serial Bus. This serial interface lets you communicate with 

several devices connected in a chain to a single port on the 

computer. 

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. 

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.