Owner's manual
Table Of Contents
- User’s Manual
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 - Features, Utilities and Options
- Chapter 2 - The Grand Tour
- Chapter 3 - Getting Started
- Chapter 4 - Operating Basics
- Using the TouchPad/Dual Mode Pad
- Dual Mode Pad Button function (Dual Mode Pad is provided with some models)
- Using the Web Camera (depending on the model purchased)
- Using the internal modem
- LAN
- Wireless LAN
- Using optical disc drives
- Writing CDs/DVDs on a DVD Super Multi drive or HD DVD-ROM drive supporting double layer disc recording
- Writing CDs/DVDs/HD DVDs on a HD DVD-R drive
- Using Ulead DVD MovieFactory® for TOSHIBA
- TOSHIBA Disc Creator
- Media Care
- TV-Out & HDMI
- Setting up more than one display
- Cleaning the computer
- Moving the computer
- Chapter 5 - The Keyboard
- Chapter 6 - Power and Power-Up Modes
- Chapter 7 - HW Setup
- Chapter 8 - Optional Devices
- Chapter 9 - Troubleshooting
- Chapter 10 - Disclaimers
- Appendix A - Specifications
- Appendix B - Display Modes
- Appendix C - AC Power Cord and Connectors
- Appendix D - If your computer is stolen
- Glossary
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User’s Manual Glossary-5
A210
E
execute: To interpret and execute an instruction.
F
floppy disk: A removable disk that stores magnetically encoded data.
floppy disk drive (FDD): An electromechanical device that reads and
writes to floppy disks.
folder: An icon in Windows used to store documents or other folders.
format: The process of readying a blank disk for its first use. Formatting
establishes the structure of the disk that the operating system
expects before it writes files or programs onto the disk.
function keys: The keys labeled F1 through F12 that tell the computer to
perform certain functions.
G
gigabyte (GB): A unit of data storage equal to 1024 megabytes.
See also megabyte.
graphics: Drawings, pictures, or other images, such as charts or graphs,
to present information.
H
hard disk: A non-removable disk usually referred to as drive C. The
factory installs this disk and only a trained engineer can remove it
for servicing. Also called fixed disk.
hard disk drive (HDD): An electromechanical device that reads and
writes a hard disk. See also hard disk.
hertz: A unit of wave frequency that equals one cycle per second.
hot key: The computer’s feature in which certain keys in combination with
the extended function key, Fn, can be used to set system
parameters, such as speaker volume.
I
input: The data or instructions you provide to a computer, communication
device or other peripheral device from the keyboard or external or
internal storage devices. The data sent (or output) by the sending
computer is input for the receiving computer.