Resource error codes in Device Manager,
293-294
RF keyboards and mice, 499-500
RGB (Red Green Blue) color scheme, 270, 381, 419
Ring/token ring topology, 525
RJ-45 conector, 519
ROM BIOS, 120-121
ROM burner (ROM programmer), 118
ROM chip, on motherboard, 81, 119, 131-132
ROM chi pcree p, 132
ROM (read only memory), 118, 130-132
ROM shadowing, 121
Rotary voice coil actuator, 180
Routers, 523
Rpm (revolutions per minute), 211
RS-232 communications, 488
RTC (read-time clock) settings, 120
Rubber dome keyswitch, 462
S
Safe Mode (Windows), 309
Scalable fonts, 410
Scan codes (keyboard processor), 459-460
Scan rates (monitor), 386
ScanDisk, 591-592
Scanners, 562-564, 579
Scotch-Brite HPEC cloth, 575, 594
Screen Area setting (monitor), 377
Screen capture of a 640 x 480 display, 258
Screen flicker, 377, 383
Screen saver password (Windows), 397-398
SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)
bus, 90, 507
controller, 92
device configuration, 507
hard disk drives, 632-633
interfaces, 185, 229, 504-507
standards, 504-506
voltage differentials, 506
SDR (Single Data Rate) memory, 105
SDSL (synchronous DSL), 532-533
SEC (Single-Edge Connector) packaging, 83
Secondary cache, 160
Secondary storage, 130, 170
Sectors (disk), 187-188
Segments, network, 520-521
Semiconductors, 36, 45-47
Sequential access, 133
Serial access, 133
Serial data transmission, 482-483
Serial ports, 92, 229, 483-490
Server types on a LAN, 514
Server-based (client/server) networks, 511
Servers, 512-513
Servo, 180
SFX power supply form factor, 325
Shadow mask CRTs, 383-384
Shielded twisted pair (STP) cable, 515, 519
Silicon, 45-46
SIMD (single instruction multiple data), 61
SIMMs (single inline memory modules), 81, 83,
138-143, 152-155, 233
Simplex transmission mode, 483
Single-ported memory, 146
Single-session disc, 207
Single-word DMA modes, 304, 306
SiS (Silicon Integrated Systems Corp.) chipsets,
101-102
Slimline power supply form factor, 325-326
Slots (CPU), 54, 56
Small outline DIMM (SODIMM), 139
Sneaker net, 197
Socket 7, 55
Socket 370, mounting on a motherboard, 56
Sockets (CPU), 54-55
Sockets and slots, upgrading and, 83
Soft memory errors, 149
Soft switching, 79, 321-323
Software, 22
Sony Trinitron CRT, 371, 383
Sound, 540-556, 637-638
Sound capture and playback, 545-554
Sound cards, 235-237, 540-542, 545, 554-556
Sound devices, 20
Sound file formats, 548-553
Sound Recorder (Windows), 547
Sound software, 544-545
South bridge chip, 87-88, 104-105
Speakers, 237, 543-544
Spindle, 173
Spindle ground strap, 174
Spindle motor
floppy disk drive, 199
hard disk drive, 173-174
Split voltage, 79
Sputtering, 175
SRAM (Static RAM), 133, 136-137, 158-159
Standard Parallel Port (SPP), 435
Standby power supply (SPS), 330-331, 610-611
Star topology, 525-526
Static electricity, 34, 317, 319
Stepper motor actuators, 180
Storage media (hard disk), 174-175
Streaming audio, 553-554
Streaming video, 558-560
Stripe pitch (monitor), 386
Super I/O (input/output) controller chip, 88,
91-92
Super VGA (SVGA), 258, 379-380
Supercomputers, 7-8
Superscalar architecture, 61
Supervisor password, 125
Surface modeling, 270Index^649