Dell Inspiron 3500 User Manual

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Acronym for Japanese Electronic Industry Development Association.

 jumper

Jumpers are small blocks on a circuit board with two or more pins emerging from them. Plastic plugs containing a wire fit down over the pins. The
wire connects the pins and creates a circuit. Jumpers provide a simple and reversible method of changing the circuitry in a printed circuit board.

K

 K

Abbreviation for kilo-, indicating 1000.

 KB

Abbreviation for kilobyte(s), 1024 bytes.

 Kb

Abbreviation for kilobit(s), 1024 bits.

 KB/sec

Abbreviation for kilobit(s) per second.

 Kbps

Abbreviation for kilobyte(s) per second.

 key combination

A command requiring you to press multiple keys at the same time. For example, you can minimize all open windows by pressing

.

 kg

Abbreviation for kilogram(s), 1000 grams.

 kHz

Abbreviation for kilohertz, 1000 hertz.

L

 LAN

Acronym for local area network. A LAN system is usually confined to the same building or a few nearby buildings, with all equipment linked by
wiring that is dedicated specifically to the LAN.

 lb

Abbreviation for pound(s).

 LCD

Abbreviation for liquid crystal display. An LCD consists of a liquid crystal solution between two sheets of polarizing material. An electric current
causes each crystal to act like a shutter that can open to allow light past or close to block the light.

 LED

Abbreviation for light-emitting diode. An electronic device that lights up when a current is passed through it.

 local bus

On a computer with local-bus expansion capability, certain devices such as the AGP video card can be designed to run much faster than they
would with a traditional expansion bus. Some local-bus designs allow devices to run at the same speed and with the same-width data path as the
computer's microprocessor.

 logical formatting

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