User manual SONY VAIO VGN-Z790DEB

[. . . ] Product names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Macrovision Statement If your computer has a DVD drive and an analog TV Out port, the following paragraph applies: This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U. S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited. [. . . ] Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor DC . Display power-management signaling DRAM. Interrupt request line 120 Users Manual ISA . Peripheral component interconnect PCMCIA. Personal Computer Memory Card International Association POST. Watt hour Abbreviations 121 Glossary AC adapter The AC (or alternating current) adapter regulates current coming into your computer from the wall outlet. The current at the wall outlet is alternating current and needs to be changed by the adapter to DC (direct current) before your computer can use it for power. ACPI ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)- a method for describing hardware interfaces in terms abstract enough to allow flexible and innovative hardware implementations and concrete enough to allow shrink-wrap OS code to use such hardware interfaces. BIOS BIOS stands for basic input/output system. The BIOS is software (often called firmware) that is independent of any operating system. It enables the computer to communicate with the screen, keyboard, and other peripheral devices without using programs on the hard disk. Disk cache A software device that accumulates copies of recently used disk sectors in RAM. The application program can then read these copies without accessing the disk. This, in turn, speeds up the performance of the application. A cache is a buffer for transferring disk sectors in and out of RAM. Data stored in a disk cache is a copy of data already stored on the physical disk. DMA (direct memory access) A method of transferring data from a device to memory without having the data pass through the microprocessor. Using DMA can speed up system performance. DPMS Display Power Management Signalling. Displays or monitors that comply with this can be managed by the Power Management features found in the system setup. Floppy disk A removable disk, also called floppy or diskette. Glossary 123 Hard drive Also called fixed disk. A hard drive is connected to the computer and can be installed or removed. [. . . ] A grounded power outlet prevents electric shock from electricity leakage. Set up the system away from magnetic objects. Contents of the hard disk drive may be deleted or the color of the monitor may be permanently distorted. Dispose of moisture-reducing agents and plastic packaging properly. [. . . ]