User's Manual

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Glossary
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Backup
A way to save the current data to restore
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torestorecomputerdatawhenthedata
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Client
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shared network resource provided by a
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DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate
Synchronous Dynamic Random Access
Memory)
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consistofacapacitorandtransistor
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isamemorytypewhoseperformance
hasbeenimprovedbysynchronizing
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DDRSDRAMisamemorytypewhose
performancehasbeenimprovedby
doubling the operating speed of the
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Device Manager
An administrative tool used to manage
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removehardwareorupdateadevice
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Direct X
An application interface developed to
enable Windows application programs
toaccesshardwaredevicesatavery
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ofgraphics,memoryandsoundcards
mustbeveryfasttoprovidehigh
quality video and sound for games,
DirectXenablesfastercontroland
interaction between applications and
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the multimedia performance of Windows
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Driver
Software that interacts between the
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operating system knows the hardware
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