Dell Latitude D820 Technical Manual

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EPP — enhanced parallel port — A parallel connector design that provides bidirectional datatransmission.ESD — electrostatic discharge — A rapid discharge of static electricity. ESD can damage integratedcircuits found in computer and communications equipment.expansion card — A circuit board that installs in an expansion slot on the system board in somecomputers, expanding the capabilities of the computer. Examples include video, modem, and soundcards.expansion slot — A connector on the system board (in some computers) where you insert anexpansion card, connecting it to the system bus.ExpressCard — A removable I/O card adhering to the PCMCIA standard. Modems and networkadapters are common types of ExpressCards. ExpressCards support both the PCI Express and USB2.0 standard.Express Service Code — A numeric code located on a sticker on your Dell™ computer. Use theExpress Service Code when contacting Dell for assistance. Express Service Code service may not beavailable in some countries.extended display mode — A display setting that allows you to use a second monitor as an extensionof your display. Also referred to as dual display mode.extended PC Card — A PC Card that extends beyond the edge of the PC Card slot when installed.FFahrenheit — A temperature measurement scale where 32° is the freezing point and 212° is theboiling point of water.FCC — Federal Communications Commission — A U.S. agency responsible for enforcingcommunications-related regulations that state how much radiation computers and other electronicequipment can emit.floppy — An electromagnetic form of storage media. Also known as a floppy diskette or a floppy disk.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 bysize.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.FTP — file transfer protocol — A standard Internet protocol used to exchange files betweencomputers connected to the Internet.