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Interface
Contact points between the User, the Software and the Hard- Master
ware. A User interface is the keyboard and mouse. The Hard- A term usually associated with hard drives connected
ware interface is the plugs sockets and ports for connecting to a single IDE controller. The first drive attached must
peripherals, and the Software interface; the codes and mes- be setup as a ‘Master’ and the second drive setup as a
sages used to communicate between user and hardware. ‘Slave’. This ‘Master’ and ‘Slave’ setup is achieved by
jumpers located on the drives themselves. (IDE drives
interrupt are sometimes referred to as ‘Legacy drives’. See
When the CPU’s attention is drawn away from one action to ‘Legacy’)
deal with a request from a peripheral (like, the user using the
keyboard) or a program requesting action. Master Boot Record (or MBR)
A small program located on the ‘Boot sector’ of the
ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) hard disk containing the Operating system. The pro-
Was a popular connection to the internet at the time it was gram contains instruction for loading the system
fast. It was however, superseded by ADSL (Asymmetric Digital
Subscriber Line) which is much faster. Measured Boot
The ‘Measure Boot’ takes measurements of the UEFI
Kbps (kilo-bits-per-second) and all Windows boot components as they’re loaded.
A measurement of speed; how fast data can be sent and re- The findings are stored in the TMP and digitally signed.
ceived. 512kbps = 500,000bits per second. In all future boots, the digitally sign information is com-
pared to the measurement of all the components being
Keyboard controller loaded to ensure there’s no discrepancy.
A circuit on the motherboard that monitors the keyboard and
generates data bits when a key is pressed. Megabyte (shortened MB)
A measurement of size. 1MB = 1024 kilobytes. Ex-
Kilobyte (shortened KB) pressed as a file size = 20MB
A measurement of size. I KB = 1024bytes. When expressing the
size of a file it could = 20KB (kb) Menu Bar.
The menu bar normally runs along the top of an open
LAN (Local Area Network) page, and if the application has one, just below the ad-
Several or many computers usually in close proximity of one dress field. There’s usually three main menu buttons,
another linked together by Wireless or cables = LAN. like ‘File Edit’ and ‘View’, but there can be more de-
pending on the application you’re working with. In
Legacy (or Old, Redundant or Obsolete) some applications the Bar could be hidden and needs
Legacy is used to describe old Apps or obsolete technology. activation. To activate it, see what options are availa-
The term Legacy App is often used to describe an app not web ble on the page or try right clicking along the top of the
related. ‘Legacy data’ usually refers to data stored on an old page. With modern apps the ‘Ribbon’ has replaced the
system. Any non-Plug-and-Play peripheral will be referred to drop down ‘Menu’, and the buttons, ‘File Edit and
as Legacy. View’, are now ‘Tabs’.

LPT-1(see Parallel port) (or LPT-2,3) (Line PrinTer) Miracast wireless
In standard computer terms usually referred to as the ‘printer ‘Miracast wireless’ uses ‘Wi-Fi Direct’ to stream audio
port. ‘ and video from one device to another provided the re-
ceiving device is Miracast compatible.
Main-frame
Main-frames come in, small, medium and large scale. These Modem (Modulator / Demodulator)
computers are designed to accommodate a few to thousands A device that allows a computer to send and receive
of users all at once. A Main-frame can be only one computer data over a standard phone line.
or one computer with subsidiary computers attached
Modulate
Mail Server To change a signal in such a way that it can carry infor-
An e-mail sorting office. E-mail arrives at the server and it’s mation.
sorted and placed in the recipient’s mail box ready for when
that person logs-in. Module
When an e-mail’s sent, the Mail server sorts it by destination A self-contained piece of a larger structure. The
and sends it on to the next server and so on down the line un- ‘Module’ works independent of the larger structure but
til it arrives at the recipient’s Mail server and placed in their in harmony with it.
mailbox.

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