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Bluetooth (on selected models)
Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology that lets you connect computers, mobile phones,
and handheld devices to each other and to the Internet. Bluetooth technology eliminates the
ned for the cables that connect devices together. Bluetooth-enabled devices connect wire-
lessly within a 10 m range.
Byte (Binary Term)
One byte is a group of eight contiguous bits. A byte is used to represent a single alphanumeric
character, punctuation mark, or other symbol.
Clock Throttling
Chipset function which allows the processor's clock to be stopped and started at a known
duty cycle. Clock throttling is used for power savings, thermal management, and reducing
processing speed.
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
The CPU, sometimes called "Processor," actually functions as the "brain" of the computer.
It interprets and executes program commands and processes data stored in memory.
Driver
A device driver is a special set of software instructions that allows the computer's operating
system to communicate with hardware devices such as VGA, audio, Ethernet, printer, or
modem. Usually a driver is supplied with the corresponding hardware device.
DVD (Digital Versatile Disk)
DVD is essentially a bigger, faster CD that can hold video as well as audio and computer
data with the same physical dimension. With these capacities and access rates, DVD discs
can provide you with dramatically-enhanced high-color, full-motion videos, better graphics,
sharper pictures, and digital audio for a theater-like experience. DVD aims to encompass home
entertainment, computers, and business information with a single digital format, eventually
replacing audio CD, videotape, laserdisc, CD-ROM, and video game cartridges. To view
DVD, a DVD drive is required.
Hardware
Hardware is a general term referring to the physical components of a computer system,
including peripherals such as printers, modems, and pointing devices.
Hibernation Mode
A power mode that saves all data in memory to the hard disk and turns the CPU and hard
disk off. When canceling Hibernation Mode, all application programs that were running are
restored to their last state.
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