Dell Inspiron 3500 User Manual

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F

 F

Abbreviation for Fahrenheit.

 FAT

Acronym for file allocation table. The file system structure used by the MS-DOS

®

and Windows operating systems to organize and keep track of

file storage. The Windows NT

®

operating system can optionally use a FAT file system structure.

 FCC

Abbreviation for Federal Communications Commission.

 FIFO

Acronym for first-in first-out.

 flash memory

A type of EEPROM chip that can be reprogrammed from a utility on diskette while still installed in a computer; most EEPROM chips can only be
rewritten with special programming equipment.

 format

To prepare a hard-disk drive or diskette for storing files.

 ft

Abbreviation for feet.

 FTP

Abbreviation for file transfer protocol.

G

 G

Abbreviation for gravities.

 GB

Abbreviation for gigabyte(s). A gigabyte equals 1024 MB or 1,073,741,824 bytes.

 graphics mode

A video mode that can be defined as x horizontal pixels by y vertical pixels by z colors.

 GRMS

Abbreviation for gravity root mean squared.

 GST

Abbreviation for Goods and Services Tax.

H

 h

Abbreviation for hexadecimal. A base-16 numbering system, often used in programming to identify addresses in the computer's RAM and I/O
memory addresses for devices. The sequence of decimal numbers from 0 through 16, for example, is expressed in hexadecimal notation as: 0, 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F, 10. In text, hexadecimal numbers are often followed by h.

 heat sink

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