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| ACPI | Power management feature that allows a PC to turn the peripherals on or offf and for external devices, like mice, to wake the PC up. |
| Access Points | The connection that ties wireless communication devices into a network. |
| APM | Component of laptop computers that allows components to be sped up and slowed down according to power requirements of programs. |
| Bluetooth | A short range wireless technology that allows computer and internet devices to talk to each other. |
| Card Services | Software support that allows PC card applications to communicate with PC cards. |
| Cellular WAN | Long range public internet access through the use of existing cellular phone systems infrastructure. |
| Dongle | A small piece of hardware that connects to a external computer's port that is used to authenticate a piece of software. |
| Fingerprint reader | Security device that allows the identification of a person by scanning their fingerprint. |
| Hibernate | Power management feature that turns off the computer all saves a file on the hard drive to restore the computer the next timeit is started up. |
| Hotspot | A specific geographic location in which an access point provides public wireless broadband network services to mobile visitors through a wireless LAN. |
| Hot-swappable | The ability to add or remove a component from a computer while the power is on. |
| IEEE 802.11 | The IEEE standard for wireless communications. |
| IEEE 802.16 | IEEE standards for metropolitan area network broadband wireless communications. |
| IEEE 802.3 | Contention-based standard meaning that all nodes attached to the network are listening and waiting to send data when the line is clear. |
| IEEE 802.5 | Non-contention-based networking standard where nodes can only transmit data when they have the token. |
| Infrared | Wireless transmission needing an unobstructed line of sight between sending and receiving devices,like a television remote control. |
| IrDA | A wireless standard that allows communication between devices over a short distance using infrared signals. |
| Infrared port | A transmitter or receiver used ininfrared devices. |
| PAN | A small network covering the few meters surrounding a user's workspace and providing the ability to synchronize computers, transfer files and gain access to local peripherals like printers and pocket hardware. |
| Smart batteries | Portable power device that provides the computer with the status of its power so that the computer can intelligently conserve power. |
| Socket services | Software that manages the controller card for PC cards. |
| Standby | Power management feature that allows an almost immediate power resumption when comuter operations are turned back on. |
| Suspend | The name of the stand by function in Windows 95. |
| Type I PC card | PCMCI A card that is 3.3 mm thick and is typically used for laptop memory. |
| Type II PC card | PCMCIA card that is 5 mm thick and is typically used for network cards and modem. |
| Type III PC card | PCMCIA card that 10.5 mm thick and is typically used for removable lalptop hard drives. |
| VoIP | New technology used to transmit voice conversations over a data network using IP. |
| Wi-Fi | Wireless Fidellity; referring toany type of 802.11 network used. |
| Wireless | Referring to any form of radio transmission that does not travel tdhrough cables or fiber. |
