Dell Dimension 3100C - Manual (Page 124)

124 Glossary
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E XPRESS S ER VICE C ODE — A numeric code located
on a sticker on your Dell™ computer. Use the Express
Service Code when contacting Dell for assistance. Express
Service Code service may not be available in some
countries.
EXTENDED DISPLAY MODE — A display setting that
allows you to use a second monitor as an extension of your
display. Also referred to as dual display mode.
EXTENDED PC C ARD — A PC Card that extends
beyond the edge of the PC Card slot when installed.
F
F AHRENHEIT — A temperature measurement system
where 32° is the freezing point and 212° is the boiling
point of water.
FCC — Federal Communications Commission — A
U.S. agency responsible for enforcing communications-
related regulations that state how much radiation
computers and other electronic equipment can emit.
FLOPPY DRIVE — A disk drive that can read and write
to floppy disks.
FOLDER — A term used to describe space on a disk or
drive where files are organized and grouped. Files in a
folder can be viewed and ordered in various ways, such as
alphabetically, by date, and by size.
FORMAT — The process that prepares a drive or disk for
file storage. When a drive or disk is formatted, the
existing information on it is lost.
FSB — front side bus — The data path and physical
interface between the processor and RAM.
F TP — file transfer protocol — A standard Internet
protocol used to exchange files between computers
connected to the Internet.
G
G — gravity — A measurement of weight and force.
GB — gigabyte — A measurement of data storage that
equals 1024 MB (1,073,741,824 bytes). When used to
refer to hard drive storage, the term is often rounded to
1,000,000,000 bytes.
GH
Z — gigahertz — A measurement of frequency that
equals one thousand million Hz, or one thousand MHz.
The speeds for computer processors, buses, and interfaces
are often measured in GHz.
GRAPHICS MODE — A video mode that can be defined
as x horizontal pixels by y vertical pixels by z colors.
Graphics modes can display an unlimited variety of shapes
and fonts.
GUI — graphical user interface — Software that
interacts with the user by means of menus, windows, and
icons. Most programs that operate on the Windows
operating systems are GUIs.
H
HARD DRIVE — A drive that reads and writes data on a
hard disk. The terms hard drive and hard disk are often
used interchangeably.
HEAT SINK — A metal plate on some processors that
helps dissipate heat.
HELP FILE — A file that contains descriptive or
instructional information about a product. Some help
files are associated with a particular program, such as Help
in Microsoft Word. Other help files function as stand-
alone reference sources. Help files typically have a
filename extension of .hlp or .chm.
HIBERNATE MODE — A power management mode
that saves everything in memory to a reserved space on
the hard drive and then turns off the computer. When you
restart the computer, the memory information that was
saved to the hard drive is automatically restored.
HTML — hypertext markup language — A set of codes
inserted into an Internet web page intended for display on
an Internet browser.
HTTP — hypertext transfer protocol — A protocol for
exchanging files between computers connected to the
Internet.