Asus A2K Hardware User Manual

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68A AppendixDVD is essentially a bigger, faster CD that can hold video as well as audio and computer data. Withthese capacities and access rates, DVD discs can provide you with dramatically-enhanced high-color,full-motion videos, better graphics, sharper pictures, and Dolby ® Digital Surround for a theater-likeexperience. DVD aims to encompass home entertainment, computers, and business information with asingle digital format, eventually replacing audio CD, videotape, laserdisc, CD-ROM, and perhaps evenvideo game cartridges. DVD has widespread support from all major electronics companies, all majorcomputer hardware companies, and most major movie and music studios.Device DriverA device driver is a special set of instructions that allows the computer’s operating system to commu-nicate with devices such as VGA, audio, Ethernet, printer, or modem.HardwareHardware is a general term referring to the physical components of a computer system, including pe-ripherals such as printers, modems, and pointing devices.IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics)IDE devices integrate the drive control circuitry directly on the drive itself, eliminating the need for aseparate adapter card (in the case for SCSI devices). UltraDMA/66 or 100 IDE devices can achieve upto 33MB/Sec transfer.IEEE1394Also known as iLINK (Sony) or FireWire (Apple). IEEE1394 is a high speed serial bus like SCSI buthas simple connections and hot-plugging capabilities like USB. The interface IEEE1394 has a band-width of 400-1000 Mbits/sec and can handle up to 63 units on the same bus. It is very likely thatIEEE1394, together with USB, will replace Parallel, IDE, SCSI, and EIDE ports. IEEE1394 is alsoused in high-end digital equipment and should be marked “DV” for Digital Video port.Infrared Port (IrDA)The infrared (IrDA) communication port allows convenient wireless data communication with infra-red-equipped devices or computers. This allows easy wireless synchronization with PDAs or mobilephones and even wireless printing to printers. If your office supports IrDA networking, you can havewireless connection to a network anywhere provided there is a direct line of sight to an IrDA node.Small offices can use IrDA technology to share a printer between several closely placed Notebook PCsand even send files to each other without a network.Kensington® LocksKensington ® locks (or compatible) allow the Notebook PC to be secured usually using a metal cableand lock that prevent the Notebook PC to be removed from a fixed object. Some security products mayalso include a motion detector to sound an alarm when moved.