Satellite® A350 Series User's Guide - Kmart
Satellite® A350 Series User's Guide - Kmart
Satellite® A350 Series User's Guide - Kmart
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Glossary 213<br />
Hibernation — A feature of many Toshiba computers that saves to the<br />
internal storage drive the current state of your work, including all<br />
open files and programs, when you turn the computer off. When<br />
you turn on the computer again, your work is returned to the same<br />
state it was when the computer was turned off. See also Sleep,<br />
Suspend.<br />
high-density diskette — A 3.5-inch diskette that holds 1.44 MB of data.<br />
See also diskette.<br />
hot key — (1) A feature in which certain keys in combination with the<br />
Fn key can set system options or control system parameters, such as<br />
the battery save mode. (2) A key or combination of keys that<br />
activates a memory resident program.<br />
hot swapping — The ability to add or remove devices from a computer<br />
while the computer is running and have the operating system<br />
automatically recognize the change.<br />
icon — A small image displayed on the screen that represents a function,<br />
file, or program.<br />
interlaced — A method of refreshing a computer screen, in which only<br />
every other line of pixels is refreshed. Interlaced monitors take two<br />
passes to create a complete screen image. Compare non-interlaced.<br />
internal device — See device.<br />
Internet — The decentralized, world-wide network of computers that<br />
provides electronic mail, the World Wide Web, and other services.<br />
See also World Wide Web.<br />
keyboard shortcut — A key or combination of keys that you use to<br />
perform a task instead of using a pointing device such as a mouse.<br />
L1 (level one) cache — Memory cache built into the processor to help<br />
improve processing speed. See also cache, CPU cache, L2 cache.<br />
L2 (level two) cache — Memory cache installed on the motherboard to<br />
help improve processing speed. It is slower than L1 cache and faster<br />
than main memory. See also cache, CPU cache, L1 cache.<br />
LAN (local area network) — A group of computers or other devices<br />
dispersed over a relatively limited area and connected by a<br />
communications link that enables any device to interact with any<br />
other on the network.