Question | Answer |
interlaced | A type of display in which the electronic beam of a monitor draws every other line with each pass, which lessens the overall effect of a lower refresh rate. |
IR transceiver | Provides an infrared port for wireless communication. |
IrDA (Infrared Data Association) transceiver | Another term for an infrared transceiver. |
isochronous data transfer | A method used by IEEE 1394 to transfer data continuously without breaks. |
KVM (Keyboard, Video, and Mouse) switch | A switch used to connect a single keyboard, mouse, and monitor to multiple computers. |
LCD monitor | A thin, flat monitor based on a technology that manipulates liquid crystals. |
motherboard mouse | Another term for a PS/2 mouse. |
LPT (Line Printer Terminal) | A parallel port in device Manager. |
native resolution | The one resolution for an LCD monitor, which is the actual (and fixed) number of pixels built into the monitor. |
noninterlaced | A type of display in which the electronic beam of a monitor draws every line on the screen with each pass. |
refresh rate | The process of periodically rewriting data, such as on dynamic RAM. |
resolution | The number of pixels on a monitor screen that are addressable by software. |
RGB (red, green, and blue) | Used by older video cards and CRT monitors. |
standard parallel port (SPP) | A standard port allows data to flow in only one direction and is the slowest of the three types of parallel ports. |
Super VGA (SVGA) | A monitor using a minimum refresh rate standard of 70 Hz, or 70 complete vertical refreshes per second. |
S-Video port | A 15-pin video port used on a desktop or notebook computer to connect a projector. |
touch screen | An input device that uses a monitor or LCD panel as a backdrop for user
options. |
UART (universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter) | A chip that controls serial ports. It sets protocol and converts parallel data bits received from the system bus into serial bits. |
VGA (Video Graphics Adapter) | The standard analog vide o method of passing three separate signals for red, green, and blue (RGB), which older video cards and CRT
monitors use. |