| A | B |
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| IDE | A method of disk drive maufacturing that allocates all the required controller circutry |
| Enhanced IDE | Allows for two IDE that can each supporttwo devices |
| AT Attachment | to IBM-AT computer where this interface was first used |
| ATA-33 | an extension to the At a interface that will effectivly double the top a data transefer seed up 33 mbps |
| SCSI | a small data patheway used mostly for hard drives and CD roms dives but also a common interface for scannersand somtimes printers |
| millisocond | usually used to measure the access speed of hard drives |
| system Hang | when the system fails it has time to display an error messege on the screen |
| POST | group of rom Bios diognostic test that are performedon the system on its power up |
| cold boot | to turn on a computer or restart a computer by turning off and waiting for a few secconds |
| warm boot | to reset a computer by presing Ctrl Alt Delete |
| boot disk | a write protect floppy disk that contains the computer system and start up files |
| boot sector | portion of disk that contains the codes intraction to the opperating system |
| safe mode | this is a aid 9x mode atomaticly goes into if the computer crashes during boot up |
| scanner | a divice used to copy a image from a physical source into a computer |
| LPT1 | the label used in MS dos assined to parallel port |
| COM1 | label used in msdos assied to serial port 1 |
| MTBF | mean time between failures this a time normally given in honors that predics the failure of a divice. |
| Drive Interface | a collection of electracal and logical connections between a hard drive and a PC |
| LUN | is a unique identifier for subdivice assised to single SCSI ID |
| display Adapter | a PC expantion board that converts images into signales required by the monitor |
| VGA | the minimum standered for a PC which originated in the 1987 |
| AT commands | the modem command set developed by Hayes companies for use onits modems now used on most modems |
| Asynchrous | a bit .synchronization transmision technique that uses start and stop bits |
