Index P

[SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]

P cable
       SCSI  
P-type semiconductors  
P5  
P54C  
packaging
       memory  
               chips   2nd  
               memory modules   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th  
       microprocessors   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  
packaging hardware (modems)  
       external modems  
       internal modems  
       PC Card modems  
       pocket modems  
Packard
       ThinkJet  
packed storage units  
packet binary convolutionary coding system.   [See PBCC-22]
Packet Identifier byte  
packet interface
       AT Attachment   2nd  
packet writing   2nd  
packetized communications  
packets
       OSI model Data Link layer  
       TCP/IP   2nd  
       USB
               data packets   2nd  
               handshake packets   2nd   3rd  
               token packets   2nd   3rd  
pad-printed keycaps  
paddles
       game  
page faults  
page interleaves
       CMOS advanced setup  
page mode
       CMOS advanced setup  
page printers  
page scanners  
page-description language  
painting software  
Palo Alto Research Laboratory of Xerox Corporation
       Alto workstation  
PAM signal  
Pan mode  
panning   2nd  
paper
       printers   2nd  
paper (printer)   2nd   3rd  
       capacity   2nd  
       collation   2nd  
       duplex operation   2nd  
       friction feeds   2nd   3rd  
       media-handling   2nd   3rd   4th   5th  
paper empty, parallel port signal  
parallel access arrays  
parallel channels   2nd   3rd  
       expansion buses  
parallel ports   2nd   3rd  
       adapters   2nd  
       cable   2nd   3rd  
       connectors   2nd  
               A   2nd   3rd   4th  
               B   2nd  
               C   2nd  
       control   2nd   3rd   4th  
               enhanced ports   2nd   3rd   4th   5th  
               extended capabilities ports   2nd  
               traditional ports   2nd   3rd  
       electrical operation   2nd  
               byte mode   2nd  
               compatibility mode   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   21st  
               Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) mode   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th  
               Extended Capabilities Port(ECP) mode   2nd   3rd   4th  
               nibble mode   2nd   3rd   4th  
       history   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  
       logical interface   2nd  
       PS/2  
parallel recording   2nd  
parallel tracking path (PTP)  
parameters
       passing   2nd   3rd  
parity
       detection and prevention of memory errors  
               parity check bits  
parity checks
       CMOS advanced setup  
parity-check lines  
park-and-lock   2nd  
Partial Response Maximum Likelihood.   [See PRML]
pass-through devices  
Passed Diagnostics signal  
passing parameters   2nd   3rd  
passive convection
       cases   2nd  
passive cooling   2nd  
passive matrix LCDs  
passive speakers  
passive systems   2nd  
passwords
       AT Attachment   2nd  
       CMOS advanced setup  
Patterson, David A.  
PBCC-22
       (packet binary convolutionary coding system)  
PBX
       (Private Branch Exchange)  
PBXs
       (private business exchanges)  
PC Card modems
       packaging hardware  
PC cards
       hot-swapping  
       JEITIA  
               standards   2nd   3rd  
       PCMCIA   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th  
               CardBus   2nd   3rd  
               operation   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th  
               setup   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th  
               signals   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th  
               software interface   2nd   3rd   4th  
               standards   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  
               zoomed video   2nd  
PC power supplies  
PCI   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th  
       (Peripheral Component Interconnect)   2nd   3rd  
       (programmable interrupt controller)  
       arbitrated bus-mastering   2nd  
       architecture   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th  
       burst mode   2nd  
       data integrity signals   2nd  
       hot-plugging   2nd  
        low-voltage evolution  
       multiplexing   2nd  
       PCI Express   2nd  
                layers   2nd   3rd  
       PCI-X   2nd   3rd   4th   5th  
       serialized interrupts   2nd   3rd   4th   5th  
       setup   2nd  
       slot limits   2nd  
       speed   2nd   3rd  
       standards   2nd  
PCI boards   2nd  
       connectors   2nd   3rd  
       dimensions   2nd   3rd  
PCI bridge  
PCI clock  
PCI Express   2nd  
       layers   2nd   3rd  
PCI Hot Plug   2nd  
PCI-X
       PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect)   2nd   3rd   4th   5th  
PCL (Printer Control Language)   2nd  
PCM (pulse code modulation)  
PCM signal
       (pulse-coded modulation)  
PCMCIA   2nd   3rd   4th   5th  
       (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association)  
       CardBus   2nd   3rd  
       PC cards   2nd  
               card interface  
               operation   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th  
               setup   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th  
               signals   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th  
               software interface   2nd   3rd  
       standards   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  
       zoomed video   2nd  
PCMCIA cards   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  
       connectors  
PCMCIA slots  
PCR (Phase Change Recordable)  
PCs
       .   [See also computers]
       influence on microprocessor development  
               286 family   2nd   3rd  
               386 family   2nd  
               8086 family   2nd  
peer buses  
peer-to-peer systems (networks)   2nd  
Pentium II series  
Pentium Processor with MMX  
Pentiums   2nd   3rd   4th  
       Dynamic Execution  
       Mobile Pentium II   2nd   3rd  
       OverDrive  
       Pentium 4   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  
       Pentium 4-M   2nd  
       Pentium II   2nd   3rd  
       Pentium II Celeron   2nd   3rd   4th  
       Pentium II OverDrive   2nd  
       Pentium II Xeon   2nd   3rd  
       Pentium III   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th  
       Pentium III Xeon   2nd   3rd   4th  
       Pentium III-M   2nd  
       Pentium Pro   2nd   3rd  
               MCM  
       Xeon   2nd  
performance
       AT Attachment   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th  
       hard disks   2nd  
               access time   2nd   3rd  
               AV drives   2nd   3rd  
               data-transfer rates   2nd   3rd  
               disk caching   2nd  
       HyperTransport   2nd   3rd   4th  
       ISP limits   2nd  
Performance tab (Windows)  
performance tuning
       BIOS storage functions   2nd   3rd   4th  
               BIOS shadowing  
               clock speed   2nd   3rd  
               cycle shaving   2nd  
               system integrity   2nd  
PeriphAck  
Peripheral Component Interconnect.   [See PCI]2nd   [See PCI]3rd   [See PCI]
peripherals
       chipsets   2nd  
               floppy disk controller  
               hard disk interface   2nd  
               input/output ports  
               keyboard controller   2nd  
       expansion buses  
permanence
       magnetic memory storage   2nd  
       printers   2nd  
perpendicular recording  
PError  
PError
       parallel ports   2nd  
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association.   [See PCMCIA]
personal computers.   [See PCs]
perspective divide  
Peterson, David  
PFM (pulse frequency modulation)  
PGA (pin grid array)  
phase  
Phase Alternating Line   2nd  
Phase Change Recordable (PCR)  
phase modulation   2nd   3rd  
phase-change inkjet printers   2nd  
phase-change media  
phones
       protection from   2nd   3rd  
phosphors
       CRTs ( cathode ray tube)   2nd   3rd  
photo scanners   2nd  
photo-resist  
photodetectors
       optical memory storage  
photography
       digital  
physical design
       read/write heads   2nd  
physical format
       CDs   2nd   3rd   4th  
       DVDs   2nd   3rd   4th  
       hard disks   2nd   3rd  
Physical layer
       Ethernet   2nd   3rd  
       OSI model  
Physical layer (PCI Express)  
physical requirements
       motherboards   2nd  
               bus standards   2nd  
               expansion slot layout   2nd   3rd  
               expansion slot numbers   2nd  
               expansion slot spacing   2nd  
piconets  
picture elements  
Piezo inkjets  
piezoelectric crystal  
piezoelectric crystal inkjet printers   2nd  
pin grid array.   [See PGA]
pin jacks   2nd  
       analog voltage level   2nd  
       daisy-chaining   2nd  
       termination   2nd  
pin-in hole technology
       printed circuits   2nd  
pincushion distortion   2nd  
PIO  
       (Programmed Input/Output)  
pipeline nibble mode DRAM.   [See BEDO (Burst EDO DRAM)]
pipelines  
pipelining   2nd   3rd  
       hyper-pipelining  
       super-pipelining  
pipes  
pixelization  
pixels  
       super-pixels  
Plain UltraDMA   2nd  
planar boards  
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)  
Plastic Quad Flat Package (PQFP)   2nd  
plated-through holes  
platens  
platters   2nd   3rd   4th   5th  
       constant angular velocity equipment  
       constant linear velocity recording   2nd  
       determining size of drive mechanisms  
       magnetic field  
       servo surface  
players
       MP3   2nd   3rd   4th  
PLCC (Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier)  
Plug-and-Play   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  
       boot operation   2nd  
       expansion board support   2nd  
       onboard ROM   2nd   3rd  
       USB  
plugs
        miniature phone plugs  
pocket modems
       packaging hardware  
point devices   2nd   3rd  
point sticks  
point-to-point links
       Bluetooth  
point-to-point wiring  
pointing devices   2nd   3rd   4th  
       drivers   2nd  
       game controllers   2nd   3rd  
       interfaces   2nd  
               mouse ports   2nd  
               serial ports   2nd  
               USB ports  
               wireless   2nd  
       mouse   2nd  
                buttons   2nd   3rd  
               mechanical   2nd   3rd  
               optical   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th  
               resolution   2nd  
               wheels   2nd   3rd  
       protocols   2nd  
       TouchPads   2nd   3rd   4th   5th  
       trackballs   2nd  
               ball size   2nd  
                handedness   2nd  
               resolution   2nd  
               switches   2nd  
       TrackPoints   2nd   3rd  
polarization
       anti-glare treatments for displays   2nd   3rd  
port bypass circuits
       Fibre Channel  
portable power supplies   2nd   3rd  
       airplane adapters   2nd   3rd  
       car adapters   2nd   3rd  
       external   2nd  
portrait displays  
ports   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  
       bidirectional parallel port  
       Bluetooth.   [See Bluetooth]
       chipsets  
       communications channels   2nd   3rd  
               data lines   2nd  
               flow control   2nd  
               timing   2nd  
       compared to interfaces  
       FireWire   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  
               arbitration   2nd  
               cable   2nd   3rd  
               configuration   2nd  
               connectors   2nd   3rd   4th   5th  
               daisy-chaining  
               leaf  
               signaling   2nd  
       I/O port assignments   2nd   3rd   4th  
       IrDA   2nd   3rd   4th   5th  
               data rates   2nd  
               formats  
                frames   2nd   3rd  
               history   2nd  
               infrared light  
               interference suppression   2nd  
               modulation   2nd  
               pulse width   2nd   3rd  
               speed   2nd  
       keyboard
               USB port   2nd   3rd  
       keyboards   2nd   3rd   4th  
               handshaking   2nd  
               serial byte protocol   2nd  
       mouse   2nd  
       parallel   2nd   3rd  
               adapters   2nd  
               cable   2nd   3rd  
               connectors   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  
               control   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th  
               electrical operation   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  
               history   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  
               logical interface   2nd  
               PS/2  
       PS/2 parallel port  
       RS-232C   2nd  
               cables   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th  
               connectors   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  
               electrical operations   2nd   3rd  
               logical interface   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  
               register functions   2nd  
               signals   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th  
               UARTs   2nd   3rd  
       serial   2nd  
       USB   2nd   3rd   4th  
               bus controllers  
               cable   2nd   3rd  
               connectors   2nd   3rd  
               function  
                hosts  
               hubs  
               Plug-and-Play  
               protocol   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th  
               speed  
               standards  
POST (Power-On Self Test)  
       beep codes   2nd  
       error codes   2nd  
PostScript 3  
power   2nd   3rd   4th   5th  
       AC (alternating currents)   2nd  
       AT Attachment   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  
       AT Attachment power management modes  
       batteries   2nd   3rd   4th  
               capacity   2nd  
                cell types   2nd  
               charging   2nd   3rd   4th  
               chemical 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  
               currents   2nd  
               energy   2nd  
               safety   2nd  
               shelf life   2nd  
               Smart Battery system   2nd   3rd  
               standards   2nd   3rd  
               storage density   2nd   3rd  
               voltages   2nd  
       Bluetooth   2nd  
       chipsets
               management   2nd  
       DC (direct current)  
       device demands   2nd  
       digital cameras  
               AC power   2nd  
               batteries   2nd   3rd  
       expansion buses
               distribution   2nd  
       management  
               APM (Advanced Power Management)   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th  
               Energy Star   2nd   3rd  
       microprocessors
               management   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th  
       PC cards   2nd  
       power supplies   2nd  
               desktop   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   21st   22nd   23rd   24th  
               fans  
               portable   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th  
               voltages  
       protection  
               blackouts   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th  
               phones   2nd   3rd  
               power line irregularities   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th  
power bricks  
power calibration area  
Power Good signal  
power lines
       irregularities  
               noise   2nd  
               over-voltage   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th  
               under-voltage   2nd  
power supplies   2nd  
       AT  
       ATX   2nd  
       ATX12V  
       desktop   2nd   3rd  
               ATX  
               linear   2nd  
               logic circuits   2nd  
               ratings   2nd   3rd   4th  
               standards   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  
               switching   2nd  
               voltages   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th  
       fans  
       PC  
       portable   2nd   3rd  
               airplane adapters   2nd   3rd  
               car adapters   2nd   3rd  
               external   2nd  
       SFX12V  
       TFX12V  
       voltages  
       WTX   2nd  
       XT  
Power-On Self Test (POST)  
       beep codes   2nd  
       error codes   2nd  
PowerNow!   2nd   3rd   4th  
PPM (pulse position modulation)  
PQFP (Plastic Quad Flat Package)   2nd  
precompression  
presence detect pins (old technology DIMMs)  
Presentation layer
       OSI model   2nd  
prevention
       memory errors  
               detection/correction   2nd  
               fake parity   2nd  
               parity  
               parity;parity check bits  
PRI
       (Primary Rate Interface)  
primary batteries  
primary cache  
Primary Rate Interface.   [See PRI]
primary storage (memory)  
       RAM  
print engines   2nd  
       direct thermal   2nd   3rd  
       dye-diffusion   2nd  
       impact dot-matrix   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  
       inkjet   2nd   3rd   4th   5th  
               phase-change inkjets   2nd  
               piezoelectric crystal   2nd  
               thermal   2nd   3rd  
       lasers   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th  
       speed   2nd  
       thermal transfer   2nd   3rd  
printed circuit boards  
printed circuits   2nd   3rd   4th  
       fabrication   2nd  
       pin-in hole technology   2nd  
       surface mount technology   2nd  
Printer Control Language (PCL)   2nd  
printer control register  
printer data register  
printer status register  
printers   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th  
       colors   2nd   3rd   4th  
               dithering   2nd  
               drivers   2nd  
               permanence   2nd  
       command set  
        consumables   2nd  
               cartridges   2nd  
               paper   2nd  
               refilling   2nd  
       fully formed character printers  
       interfaces   2nd   3rd  
       line  
               speed   2nd  
       memory   2nd  
        multifunction   2nd   3rd   4th  
       page  
       paper handling   2nd   3rd  
               capacity   2nd  
               collation   2nd  
               duplex operation   2nd  
               friction feeds   2nd   3rd  
               media-handling   2nd   3rd   4th   5th  
       print engines   2nd  
               direct thermal   2nd   3rd  
               dye-diffusion   2nd  
               impact dot-matrix   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  
               inkjet   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th  
               lasers   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th  
               phase-change inkjets   2nd  
               piezoelectric crystal   2nd  
               thermal transfer   2nd   3rd  
       quality   2nd   3rd   4th  
       speed   2nd  
               engine speed   2nd  
               measurement units   2nd   3rd  
               modes   2nd   3rd  
               throughput   2nd  
printing
       one-pass  
priorities
       buses  
Private Branch Exchange.   [See PBX]
private business exchanges.   [See PBXs]
private networks
       addressing
               IANA reservations   2nd  
PRML (Partial Response Maximum Likelihood)
       read/write heads   2nd  
processing   2nd  
       BIOS   2nd   3rd  
       chipsets   2nd   3rd  
       microprocessors   2nd   3rd   4th  
               Pentium II series  
       microsprocessors.   [See microprocessors]
profiles
       40-millimeter  
       60-millimeter  
program area  
program memory area  
programmability (computers)   2nd  
programmable interrupt controller.   [See PCI]
programmable read-only memory.   [See PROM]
Programmed Input/Output.   [See PIO]
programming languages   2nd   3rd   4th   5th  
       assembly languages   2nd  
       high-level   2nd   3rd  
               batch languages   2nd  
               compiled   2nd   3rd  
               development environments   2nd  
               interpreted   2nd  
               libraries   2nd  
               scripting languages  
       low-level languages  
       machine languages   2nd  
       meta-languages  
programs   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  
       applets   2nd  
       application suites   2nd  
       databases  
       digital electronics   2nd   3rd  
        disassembling  
       drawing/painting  
       e-mail  
       Microsoft Office  
       multimedia  
       operating systems.   [See operating systems]
       spreadsheets  
       utilities   2nd   3rd  
       Web browsers  
       Word processors  
progressive scanning  
PROM
       (programmable read-only memory)   2nd  
       burning the PROM  
propagation delay  
properties
       floppy disks
               density key   2nd  
               hubs   2nd  
               insertion key   2nd  
               liners  
               magnetic properties   2nd   3rd  
               shell   2nd   3rd   4th  
               writing protection   2nd  
protected mode memory  
protection  
       blackouts   2nd  
               offline backup systems   2nd   3rd  
               online backup systems   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  
       phones   2nd   3rd  
       power line irregularities  
               noise   2nd  
               over-voltage   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th  
               under-voltage   2nd  
       writing
               floppy disks   2nd  
protocols
       addressing
               DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)   2nd  
       Group 3 fax  
       HomePlug   2nd  
               CSMA/CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance)  
       pointing devices   2nd  
       serial byte protocol (keyboards)   2nd  
       split-transaction protocol  
       TCP/IP
               packets   2nd  
       USB   2nd   3rd   4th   5th  
               data packets   2nd  
               handshake packets   2nd   3rd  
               token packets   2nd   3rd  
       Windows network model  
PS/2 mouse ports  
PS/2 parallel port  
PS/2 parallel ports  
PS/2-style   2nd   3rd   4th  
PTP
       ( opposite tracking path)  
       (parallel tracking path)  
publications
       Case for Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks, A  
       Electronics  
       National Business Education Quarterly  
pulse modulation   2nd   3rd   4th  
pulse width
       IrDA   2nd   3rd  
pulse width modulation (PWM)   2nd   3rd  
pulse-coded modulation.   [See PCM signal]
pulse-width modulation  
purity
       CRTs (cathode ray tube)   2nd   3rd  
pushbuttons
       application pushbuttons  
PWM (pulse width modulation)   2nd   3rd