Glossary – Samsung NP900X4D-A04US User Manual

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Chapter 5

Appendix

Network

A group of computers and devices, such as printers and scanners,

connected by a communications link. A network can be either

small or large and can be connected permanently through cables

or temporarily through telephone lines or wireless links. The

biggest network is the Internet, a worldwide network.

Network Administrator

A user who plans, configures and manages network operations.

Sometimes, a network administrator is called a system

administrator.

Notification Area

This refers to the right area of the Taskbar including program icons

such as the volume control, the power options and the time.

Partition

This refers to the act or practice of dividing the storage space of

a hard disk drive into separate data areas known as partitions. If a

100GB hard disk drive is partitioned into 2 x 50GB partitions, the

hard disk drive can be used as if there are 2 hard disk drives.

PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International

Association) card

This is an extended card slot specification for mobile computers

such as a notebook computer. Not only a memory, device but also

most peripherals such as hard disk drives, LAN cards, etc. can be

connected to this card slot.

Protocol

A protocol is a set of rules used by computers to communicate with

each other across a network. A protocol is a convention or standard

that controls or enables the connection, communication, and

data transfer between computing endpoints. It defines the data

transmission procedures and the transmission medium for more

efficient network functions.

Quick Launch

This refers to a toolbar that can be configured so that you can

launch a program such as Internet Explorer or display the Windows

Desktop with one click. You can add any icon to the quick launch

area of the Taskbar and launch frequently used program by clicking

that icon.

Glossary

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