Ratsupport Vocabulary and Technology Database

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Vocabulary DB

Acronym Term Definition Comment Picture
Resolution Resolution The number of pixels on a monitor screen that are addressable by software (example: 1024x768 pixels).  
SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment The standard hardware interface for connecting hard drives, solid state drives (SSDs) and CD/DVD drives to the computer. Introduced in 2001, nearly all computers use SATA drives.  
EIDE Enhanced IDE A standard for managing the interface between secondary storage devices and a computer system. A system can support up to four parallel ATA IDE devices such as hard drives, CD-ROM drives, and DVD drives.  
FAT File Alocation Table A table stored on a hard disk, identifying the physical location of each file on the disk.  
Font Font A typeface enhancement such as bol
d or script. Although it is not precisely correct, the term is
often used to refer to a typeface style such as Bookface, Courier, or Sans Serif.		  
GPF General Protection Fault A Windows error that occurs when a program attempts to access a memory address that is not available or is no longer assigned to it.  
Refresh Rate Refresh Rate As applied to monitors, the number of times in one second an electronic beam can fill the screen with lines from top to bottom. Also called vertical scan rate.  
DIMM dual in-line memory module A double SIMM (single in-line memory module). Like a SIMM, it's a module containing one or several random access memory ( RAM ) chips on a small circuit board with pins that connect it to the computer motherboard .  
MIDI MIDI A standard for connecting computers and musical instruments.  
Double-Sided Double-Sided A DIMM feature whereby memory chips are installed on both sides of a DIMM.  
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