VGA (Video Graphics Array), 257, 373,
379-380, 503
VIA Cyrix processors, 61, 66, 102-104
Video BIOS, 268-269
Video bus, 238
Video capture devices, 564-565
Video cards, 237-239, 253-280, 380
Video CD (VCD), 206
Video chipsets, 267
Video CODEC, 565
Video connectors, 502-503
Video device drivers, 269
Video display standards, 378-380
Video file formats, 556-557
Video file size, 560-561
Video generation, 254-255
Video graphics cards chipsets, 88
Video interfaces, 500-503
Video outputs, 239, 254
Video problems, troubleshooting, 277-280
Video processors, 238, 260, 267
Video RAM (VRAM), 137, 146-147, 238-239, 260,
264-267, 280
Video system, troubleshooting, 635-636
Video system interfaces, 268
Video system resources, 269
Video terminology, 558
Video for Windows format, 556
Videoconferencing, 561-562
Virtual memory management (VMM), 59
Virus detection and protection, 595
VisiCalc spreadsheet program, 9
VL-bus, 90, 502
V-Link Architecture, 105
VLSI (very large scale integration) chips, 94
Voice coil actuators, 180-181
Voltages, 32-34, 313, 320, 322, 327
Volt-amperes (VA), 333-334, 612
VT 520 terminal, 6
W
Warm boot, 112
Watts, 33, 313
Watts rating, UPS, 333-334
WAV (waveform audio) file format, 553
Web station, 395
Western Digital, 76
Wheel mouse, 469
White Book standard, 205
Wide area network (WAN), 511
Windows (Microsoft)
Backu putility, 589-590
Deskto pmenu, 375
Calculator in Scientific view, 31, 44
Clipboard Viewer, 450-451
Device Manager, 93-94, 290-294, 307
Device Properties, 247, 293, 296, 301
Disk Cleanup, 592-593
Disk Defragmenter, 592-593
Display Properties, 257, 261-262, 278-279,
375-376, 397-398
File System Properties, 310
Keyboard Properties, 446
logical memory layout, 148
Media Player, 548-549, 559
screen saver password, 397-398
Sound Recorder, 547
System Information, 638
System Properties IRQ settings, 284-285
System Tools, 591
printer setup, 438-439
Safe Mode, 309
Start menu, 452
Windows RAM (WRAM), 147, 266
WINIPCFG command, 527
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service), 528
Wireless networking, 534-537
Wireless personal area network (WPAN), 535
Wireless ports, 498-499
WMF file format, 386, 553
Workstations, 513
WORM (Write Once/Read Many) discs, 206
Wrist stra p(antistatic), 34-35, 317-318, 400
Write-back cache, 164
Write-through cache, 164
WTX power supply form factor, 326-327
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get), 368 X
Xerography, 425
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), 405
XGA (Extended Graphics Array), 380
XOR (Exclusive OR) operations, 45 Y
Yellow Book standard, 204 Z
Z-buffering, 265, 273
ZIF (zero inserion force) socket, 83
Zoned bit recording, 211Index^651