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Index

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D-channel (defined)
D-Link Systems, Inc.
     contact information
D.W. Electrochemicals
     contact information
DACs (digital-to-analog converters)
daisy-chain (defined)
damaged laptops
     data recovery 2nd 3rd
DAT (digital audio tape) drives
data
     defined
data bus (defined)
data compression
     codecs 2nd
     sound cards 2nd 3rd
         ADPCM (Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation)
         MPEG (Motion Pictures Experts Group)
data prefetching
data recovery
     Active@ UNDELETE 2nd
     damaged laptop 2nd 3rd
     flash memory card 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
     flash memory devices 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th
     hard disk 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
     installing data-recovery software 2nd
     levels of difficulty 2nd 3rd
     Norton Disk Editor 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th
     Norton GoBack
     NTFS
     partitioned and formatted drives 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th
     Recycle Bin 2nd 3rd
     VCom System Suite 6.0
data storage devices 2nd
data transfer
    flash memory
         card readers
         Type II PC Card adapters
data transfer adapters
data transfer cables
data transfers
     Briefcase
     direct connection software 2nd 3rd
     hardware 2nd 3rd 4th
     peer-to-peer networks 2nd
dB (decibel)
db (decibels)
DB-25 connector
DB-9 connector
DBB (dynamic bass boost)
DC (direct current) 2nd 3rd
DC adapter 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
DCC (Direct Cable Connection) 2nd 3rd
DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
DDR SDRAM (double data rate SDRAM)
DDR-II SDRAM
DDR2 (Double Data Rate 2) SDRAM 2nd 3rd
DDR2 SDRAM 2nd
DDWG (Digital Display Working Group)
     DVI (Digital Visual Interface) standard
de facto standard
dead pixels (LCDs) 2nd 3rd
Debian Linux
DEBUG utility
decibel (dB)
decibels (db)
decimal multiples prefixes 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
dedicated line (defined)
defaults
     defined
defect map
defragmentation (defined)
defragmenting files 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
degauss (defined)
Dell
     BIOS setup
     device bays 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
     tech support 2nd 3rd
Dell Computer Corp.
     contact information
density (defined)
depth cueing
DeskJet 450ci Mobile Printer 2nd
desktop platforms 2nd
desktop processors
     heat generation 2nd 3rd
desktop replacement laptops 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
desktop video boards 2nd 3rd
desktops
     defined
device bays 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd
device control 2nd
device drivers
     defined
Device Manager 2nd
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
diagnostic functions of operating systems
diagnostic software
     aftermarket software
     general-purpose diagnostics 2nd
     manufacturer-supplied software 2nd
     operating system diagnostics
     operating system software
     peripheral diagnostics software
    POST (power on self test)
         memory count 2nd
     Power On Self Test (POST) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st
diagnostic tools
     loopback test 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
     Microsoft Diagnostics (MSD) 2nd 3rd
diagnostics
     defined
DIB (Dual Independent Bus) architecture 2nd 3rd
die
     defined
differential electrical signaling method
Digi-Key
digital audio tape (DAT) drives
digital cameras
     defined
     flash memory 2nd 3rd 4th
         CompactFlash 2nd
         comparison of 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
         MMC (MultiMediaCard)
         PC Card
         reading 2nd
         SmartMedia
         Sony Memory Stick
         USB keychain drives 2nd 3rd 4th
         xD-Picture Card 2nd
     Microdrive technology 2nd
Digital Display Working Group (DDWG)
     DVI (Digital Visual Interface) standard
digital film. [See flash memory]
Digital Innovations
     Skip Doctor
Digital Light Processing (DLP) projectors 2nd
digital loopback
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA)
Digital Multi-Meters (DMMs)
digital phone system adapters 2nd 3rd
digital pocket multimeter
digital projectors 2nd 3rd 4th
digital versatile disc (DVD)
digital video connections 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th
Digital Video Interface (DVI) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
Digital Visual Interface (DVI) connector 2nd 3rd
digital-to-analog converters (DACs)
digitize (defined)
digitized audio files
     resolutions 2nd 3rd 4th
DIMMs (dual inline memory modules)
DIP (dual inline package)
Direct Cable Connection (DCC) 2nd 3rd
direct current (DC) 2nd 3rd
Direct Memory Access (DMA) channels 2nd 3rd
directories
     defined
    root directory
         defined
     subdirectory (defined)
DirectShow
DirectX 2nd 3rd
     3D audio support 2nd
     sound cards
DirectX Diagnostics
disabling
     Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
     Advanced Power Management (APM)
disassembly
     battery (CMOS) 2nd
     battery (main) 2nd
     CardBus 2nd 3rd
     Communications Daughter Card (CDC) 2nd 3rd 4th
     CPU heatsink/fan 2nd 3rd
     for cleaning 2nd
     hard disks 2nd 3rd
     instructions 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th
     inventory of components 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
     keyboard bezel 2nd 3rd
     keyboards 2nd 3rd
     LCD display 2nd 3rd 4th
     memory modules 2nd 3rd
     mini-PCI Card 2nd 3rd 4th
     motherboard 2nd 3rd
     PC Cards 2nd 3rd
     processors 2nd
     recording the physical configuration 2nd
     UltraBay Plus devices 2nd 3rd
disc (defined)
discs
    CD-ROM
         bootable CDs 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
         care and maintenance 2nd 3rd 4th
         file systems 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd
    CD-ROMs
         capacity 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
         constuction and technology 2nd 3rd
         handling 2nd
         mass production 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th 45th 46th
         technical parameters 2nd 3rd 4th
    CDs
         choosing the best media 2nd 3rd
         failure reading 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
         failure writing 2nd 3rd 4th
         formats 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
         multisession recording 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
         recording 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th
         rescue CD 2nd
         writable CDs 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th
    DVD
         care and maintenance 2nd 3rd 4th
         copy protection 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th
         formats 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
         playing DVD movies 2nd 3rd
     DVD-Video discs
     DVDs 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th
         failure reading 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
         failure writing 2nd 3rd 4th
         recording 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st
disk (defined)
disk access time. [See access time]
Disk and Device utility
disk cache (defined)
disk caches
     VCACHE
disk drives
     average access time (defined)
     average latency (defined)
     average seek time (defined)
disk drives. [See hard drives]
disk formatting 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
disk partition. [See partition]
DISKPART 2nd
disks
     floppy disks 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
displacement maps
display (defined)
Display Power-Management Signaling (DPMS)
display screen
     sizes
display screens
     flat-panel 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
display systems
     CRT (cathode ray tube) 2nd 3rd 4th
     external video activation 2nd 3rd
     features
     frequencies 2nd
     image brightness and contrast 2nd
     LCD (liquid crystal display) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
     maintenance 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
     multiple monitor support 2nd 3rd 4th
     pixel spacing 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th
     plasma 2nd 3rd
     power management 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
     resolution 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th
     response time
     testing
     troubleshooting 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th
     TV/video output and capture 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th
     video display
     virtual displays 2nd 3rd 4th
Display-to-Go PC Card (Margi)
DisplayMate
displays. [See monitors]
dithering (defined)
DLP projectors 2nd
DMA (Direct Memory Access) channels 2nd 3rd
DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act)
DMMs (Digital Multi-Meters) 2nd 3rd
docking station
     defined
docking stations 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
     Compaq Expansion Base 2nd
     decline in popularity 2nd 3rd
     full-featured 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
     lock plates
     notebook/docking station combinations 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
     port replicator
     port replicators 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
     proprietary 2nd 3rd
     shapes
     sizes
     third-party 2nd
documentation 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th
Dolby Digital surround sound
Dolch
doping (defined)
DOS operating systems
     drive letter assignments 2nd 3rd 4th
dot pitch (defined)
dot-matrix printers
     defined
Dothan (new version of Pentium M)
Double Data Rate (DDR) SDRAM 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM)
Double Data Rate2 (DDR2) SDRAM 2nd 3rd
download (defined)
downtime (defined)
DPMS (Display Power-Management Signaling)
Drag-to-Disc from Roxio
drive (defined)
drive letters, assigning 2nd
     DOS 2nd 3rd 4th
     Windows 9x/Me 2nd 3rd 4th
     Windows NT/2000/XP 2nd
driver (defined)
drivers
     mouse 2nd
     sound card drivers 2nd
     troubleshooting 2nd 3rd 4th
     Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2nd
     USB drivers
     video drivers 2nd
     virtual device drivers (VxDs)
drives
    ATA drives
         adapters
         cables
    CD drives
         interfaces 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
    CD-ROM drive
         access time 2nd 3rd 4th
         buffer/cache 2nd
         CPU utilization 2nd
         data-transfer rate 2nd 3rd
         direct memory access 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
         performance specification
         speed 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
         Ultra-DMA 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
     CD-ROM drives
         bootable CDs 2nd
         care and maintenance 2nd 3rd 4th
         defined
    DVD drive
         access time 2nd 3rd 4th
         buffer/cache 2nd
         CPU utilization 2nd
         data-transfer rate 2nd 3rd
         direct memory access 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
         performance specification
         speed 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
         Ultra-DMA 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
     DVD drives 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
         care and maintenance 2nd 3rd 4th
         compatibility 2nd
         DVD Multi drive 2nd 3rd
         DVD+-R/RW drive 2nd 3rd
         DVD+RW Alliance Web site
    floppy disk drives
         cylinders
         head actuator mechanisms
         interfaces
         read/write heads
     floppy drives 2nd 3rd
         clusters 2nd 3rd
         components
         cylinders 2nd
         handling 2nd 3rd
         operation 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
         physical specifications 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
         types 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th
     internal device bays 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd
     internal drive (defined)
     Jaz drive
     keychain drive
     logical drive
     Microdrive technology 2nd
    optical drives
         troubleshooting 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
         updating firmware 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th
     removable-media drives 2nd
         drive letter assignments 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
         Zip drives 2nd
    tape drives
         defined
     Zip drive
drives, hard
    heating/cooling issues
         temperature acclimation
drum (defined)
DTK Computer
     contact information
DTS Surround sound
Dual Independent Bus (DIB) architecture 2nd 3rd
dual inline memory modules (DIMMs)
dual inline package (DIP)
dual-drive configurations
     ATA interface 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
dual-scan displays 2nd 3rd
DualView 2nd 3rd
dumb terminal (defined)
duplex channel
Duracell, Inc.
     contact information
Duron Mobile Processors (AMD) 2nd
Duron processors
dust 2nd 3rd
dusters 2nd
DVD
     copy protection 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th
     formats 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
     playing DVD movies 2nd 3rd
DVD (digital video disc)
     minimum system requirements 2nd
DVD burner (defined)
DVD discs
     care and maintenance 2nd 3rd 4th
DVD drive
     access time 2nd 3rd 4th
     buffer/cache 2nd
     CPU utilitization 2nd
     data-transfer rate 2nd 3rd
     direct memory access 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
     direct Ultra-DMA 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
     performance specification
     speed 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
DVD drives 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
     care and maintenance 2nd 3rd 4th
     compatibility 2nd
     DVD Multi drive 2nd 3rd
     DVD+-R/RW drive 2nd 3rd
     DVD+RW Alliance Web site
DVD Forum
DVD Forum Web site
DVD Multi drive 2nd 3rd
DVD technology 2nd 3rd 4th
DVD+-R/RW drive 2nd 3rd
DVD+RW 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
DVD+RW Alliance Web site
DVD+RW drives
DVD-audio standard
DVD-R 2nd 3rd 4th
DVD-RAM 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
DVD-ROM drives
DVD-RW 2nd
DVD-Video discs
DVD/CD-RW drives 2nd
DVDs
     failure reading 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
     failure writing 2nd 3rd 4th
     recording 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st
DVE (digital versatile disc)
DVI (Digital Video Interface) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
DVI (Digital Visual Interface) connector 2nd 3rd
DVMT (Dynamic Video Memory Technology)
dynamic bass boost (DBB)
dynamic execution (defined)
dynamic execution (processors)
     benefits
     branch prediction 2nd
     data flow analysis 2nd 3rd
     speculative execution 2nd 3rd
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT)