240 Quadro Workstation User’s GuideAppendix DGlossarydialog box — Dialog boxes are user-input windows that contain command buttonand various options through which you can carry out a particular command or task.For example, in a Windows application “Save As” dialog box, you must indicate thefolder to contain the document to be saved and the name of that document whensaving it.dual-card configuration — A setup where two or more displays (such as an analogdisplay, a digital display, or a TV) are connected to two NVIDIA GPU-based graphicscards installed in the computer.GPU — NVIDIA graphics processor (chip) products are called graphics processingunits (GPU). Supported NVIDIA GPUs are listed in Chapter 2. The graphics cardyou are using is based on an NVIDIA GPU.HDTV — high definition television. A system for transmitting a TV signal with fargreater resolution than the standard National Television Committee (NTSC)standards. An HDTV set requires at least two million pixels versus a commontelevision set of 360,000.multi-graphics card configuration — A setup where two or more displays (such asan analog display, a digital display, or a TV) are connected to two (or more) NVIDIAGPU-based graphics cards installed in the computer.multi-display configuration — A setup where two or more displays are connected toeither a multi-display NVIDIA GPU-based graphics card; or two (or more) NVIDIAGPU-based graphics cards.single-display configuration — A setup where only one display is connected to theNVIDIA GPU-based graphics card in your computer.SLI (Scalable Link Interface) technology — NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU technologytakes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express™ bus architecture toallow multiple GPUs to work together to deliver accelerated performance.An NVIDIA SLI system consists of a PCI Express motherboard that supports twophysical connectors capable of having two NVIDIA PCI Express graphics cardsplugged into them. The two graphics cards must be joined together by the NVIDIASLI connector.With the appropriate graphics drivers installed, SLI mode can then be enabled ordisabled. When SLI mode is disabled, you can use all the nView multi-display modesthat are supported, including using up to four monitors connected to the two SLI
