User's Manual
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Driver
Software that interacts between the
hardware and the operating system. An
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information and controls the hardware.
Ingeneral,adriverissuppliedwiththe
corresponding hardware device.
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size of the disc are the same as that of
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(analog) video and supports MPEG2
compressionanddigitalaudio.Toplaya
DVD,aDVDdriveisrequired.
Firewall
A security system used to protect an
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Hibernation Mode
A power mode that saves all data in
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Hibernation Mode, all application
programs that were running are restored
to their last state.
Icon
This refers to a small image that
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computers,printersandotherdevices
within a local area such as within a
building.ALANenablesallconnected
devicestointeractwithotherdevices
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the Ethernet media access control
methoddevelopedintheearly1980s.
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cardcalledaLANcard,Ethernetcard
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To exchange data between computers,
aprotocolisrequiredbesidesthe
hardware equipment. Windows XP uses
TCP/IP as the default protocol.