Toshiba 6000 Series Manuel D’Utilisation

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disk — A round, flat piece of material that can be magnetically 
influenced to hold information in digital form, and used in the 
production of magnetic disks, such as diskettes and hard disks. 
Compare disc. See also diskette, hard disk.
disk drive — The device that reads and writes information and programs 
on a diskette or hard disk. It rotates the disk at high speed past one or 
more read/write heads.
diskette — A thin, flexible disk in a protective jacket that stores 
magnetically encoded data. Diskettes can be removed from the 
computer and come in two sizes: 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch. Your 
computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. See also double-density diskette, 
high-density diskette.
document — Any file created with an application and, if saved to disk, 
given a name by which it can be retrieved. See also file.
double-click — To press the AccuPoint control button or mouse button 
rapidly twice without moving the AccuPoint or mouse. In the 
Windows
®
 operating system, this refers to the primary AccuPoint 
control button or left mouse button, unless otherwise stated.
double-density diskette — A 3.5-inch diskette that can hold up to 720 
KB of information (half the capacity of a high-density diskette). See 
also diskette, high-density diskette.
download — (1) In communications, to receive a file from another 
computer through a modem or network. (2) To send font data from 
the computer to a printer. See also upload.
drag — To hold down the AccuPoint control button or mouse button 
while moving the cursor to drag a selected object. In the Windows
®
 
operating system, this refers to the primary AccuPoint control 
button or left mouse button, unless otherwise stated.
driver — See device driver.
DVD — An individual digital versatile (or video) disc. See also DVD-
ROM.
DVD-ROM (digital versatile [or video] disc read-only memory) — A 
very high-capacity storage medium that uses laser optics for reading 
data. Each DVD-ROM can hold as much data as several CD-ROMs. 
Compare CD-ROM.