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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I/O: Input/output. Refers to acceptance and transfer of data to and from a
computer.
I/O devices: Equipment used to communicate with the computer and
transfer data to and from it.
J
jumper: A small clip or wire that allows you to change the hardware
characteristics by electrically connecting two points of a circuit.
K
K: Taken from the Greek word kilo, meaning 1000; often used as
equivalent to 1024, or 2 raised to the 10th power.
See also byte and kilobyte.
KB: See kilobyte.
L
Light Emitting Diode (LED): A semiconductor device that emits light
when a current is applied.
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD): Liquid crystal sealed between two sheets
of glass coated with transparent conducting material. The viewing-
side coating is etched into character forming segments with leads
that extend to the edge of the glass. Applying a voltage between
the glass sheets alters the brightness of the liquid crystal.
LSI: Large Scale Integration.
1) A technology that allows the inclusion of up to 100,000 simple
logic gates on a single chip.
2) An integrated circuit that uses large scale integration.
M
megabyte (MB): A unit of data storage equal to 1024 kilobytes. See also
kilobyte.
mode: A method of operation, for example, the boot mode, Sleep mode or
the hibernation mode.
modem: Derived from modulator/demodulator, a device that converts
(modulates) digital data for transmission over telephone lines and
then converts modulated data (demodulates) to digital format
where received.
monitor: A device that uses rows and columns of pixels to display
alphanumeric characters or graphic images. See also CRT.