User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- NB100 Series User’s Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Getting Started
- Getting comfortable with your computer
- Removing the battery from the computer
- Inserting a charged battery
- Monitoring main battery power
- Taking care of your battery
- Disposing of used batteries
- Using the computer for the first time
- Using the TouchPad™
- Using the keyboard
- Setting up your computer
- Registering your computer with Toshiba
- Adding optional external devices
- Internal storage drive recovery using external ODD/storage drive
- Caring for your computer
- Turning off the computer
- Chapter 2: Features of Your Computer
- Chapter 3: Hot Keys and Utilities
- Chapter 4: If Something Goes Wrong
- Glossary
- Index
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Glossary
U
universal serial bus (USB) — USB is a serial bus that supports a data
transfer rate of up to 480 Mbps (480 million bits per second). USB
can connect up to 127 peripheral devices through a single all-
purpose USB port. USB allows hot swapping of peripherals. See
also bus, hot swapping, serial.
upload — To send a file to another computer through a modem or
network. See also download.
USB — See universal serial bus (USB).
utility — A computer program designed to perform a narrowly focused
operation or solve a specific problem. Utilities are often related to
computer system management.
W
Web — See World Wide Web.
Wi-Fi
®
— A registered trademark term of the Wi-Fi Alliance that stands
for Wireless Fidelity, and is another term for the communication
protocol to permit an Ethernet connection using wireless
communication components.
World Wide Web (www) — The worldwide network of Web sites
linked together over the Internet. A user of the Web can jump from
site to site regardless of the location of the computer hosting the site.
See also Internet.