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| Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) | Power management specification that far suppresses its predecessor, APM, by providing support for hot swappable devices and better control of power modes |
| Advanced Power Management (APM) | BIOS routines that enable the CPU to turn selected peripherals on and off |
| Aspect Ratio | Ratio of width to height of an object |
| Auto-switching power supply | Type of power supply able to detect the voltage of a particular outlet and adjust accordingly |
| Battery memory | Condition of Ni-Cd battery where it is not completly charged before it is recharged |
| Card services | Recognize the function of a particular PC card and provide the specialized drivers necessary to make the card work |
| CardBus | 32-bit cards that can support up to 8 devices on each card. |
| Conditioning Charger | battery charger that contains intelligent circuitry that prevents portable computer batteries from being overcharged or damaged |
| Desktop Replacement | Offers the same performance as full-fledged desktop computers |
| Desktop Extender | Offers the some of the same features ofa full-fledged desktop computer but with a much smaller footprint and lighter weight |
| Docking Station | Device that provides a portable computer to extra features such as a DVD river or PC card |
| ExpressCard | Serial PC card designed to replace CardBus cards. Connect to high speed USB ir PCIe bus. |
| Fuel Cell | Battery that is starting to be used by manufactures |
| Hibernation | Power managment setting in which all data from the RAM is written to the hard drive before going to sleep. |
| High Gloss | laptop Screen finish that offers sharper contrast, richer color, and wider viewing angles than a Matte finish. |
| Laptop | Traditional clamshell portable computing device with a built-in LCD monitor, keyboard, and trackpad. |
| Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) | battery commonly used in a portable PC |
| Matte | Laptop screen finsh that offers good balance between richness of colors and reflections, but also washes out in bright light |
| Mini PCI | specialized from PCI designed for use in Laptops |
| Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cd) | Battery was used in the first laptops, heavy and inefficiant, also suffered from a memory effect that could drastically shorten the life of the overall battery. |
| Nickel-Metal Hybrid (N-MH) | Battery used in portable PCs. NIMH batteries had fewer issues with the memory effect than Ni-Cd batteries. Replaced by lithium-Ion batteries. |
| PC Card | Credit-card-sized adapter cards that add functionality in many notebook computers, PDAs, and other computer devices. |
| Pen-based computing | Input method used by many PDAs that combines handwritting recognition with modified mouse functions, usually in the form of a pen-like stylus. |
| Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) | Handheld computer that blurs the line between calculators and computers. |
| Port Replicator | Device that plugs into a USB port or other specialized port and offers common PC ports, such a serial, parrallel, USB,network, and PS/2. |
| Shared Memory | Reducing the amount of memory needed on a video card by borrowing from the regular system RAM, which reduces costs but also decreases performance. |
| Sleep Timers | Require the system to go into Standby after a set period of time or turn off the monitor or hard driver after a time, thus creating your own power scheme. |
| Smart battery | Portable PC battery that tells the computer when it needs to be charged, conditioned, or replaced. |
| socket services | Device drivers that support the PC Card socket, enabling the system to detect when a PC Card has been inserted or removed, and providing the necessary I/O to the device. |
| Stylus | Pen-like input device used for pen-based computing. |
| System Management Mode (SMM) | Special CPU mode that enables the CPU to reduce power consumption by selectively shutting down peripherals. |
| Tablet PC | Small portable computer distinguished by the use of a touch screen with stylus and handwriting recognition as the primary modes of input. |
| TrackPoint | IBM's pencil-eraser-sized joystick used in place of mouse a laptops. |
| Touchpad | Flat, touch-sensitive pad that serves as pointing device for most laptops |
| Windows Mobile Device Center (WMDC) | This software handles all the synchronization chores. |
