Toshiba L350 Manual

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Hot key functions
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Zoom (Display resolution) 
or
Fn
 +
      [ Space bar ]This TOSHIBA Card or hot key switches screen resolution.
Selecting this Card or pressing the hot key displays the 
following options:
(Sample Image) Screen resolution options
Cycle through the screen resolutions, then select the desired 
resolution. 

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Hot key functions
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Keyboard hot key functions 
Fn +  This hot key turns the cursor control overlay on and off.
Fn +  This hot key turns the numeric overlay on and off.
Fn +  This hot key turns the scroll lock feature on and off.
Fn +  This hot key turns the TOSHIBA Zooming Utility to 
zoom-out. 
Fn +  This hot key turns the TOSHIBA Zooming Utility to zoom-in. 

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Appendix B
Power Cord/Cable 
Connectors
Your notebook computer features a universal power supply you can 
use worldwide. This appendix shows the shapes of the typical AC 
power cord/cable connectors fo r various parts of the world.
USA and Canada
UL approved
CSA approved
United Kingdom
BS approved
Australia
AS approved
Europe
VDA approved
NEMKO approved 

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Glossary
TECHNICAL NOTE: Some features defined in this glossary may not 
be available on your computer.
Acronyms
The following acronyms may appear in this user’s guide.
AC  alternating current
BIOS   basic input/output system
bps  bits per second
CD compact disc
CD-ROM   compact disc read-only memory
CD-RW   compact disc rewrite memory
CMOS  complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
COM1   communications port 1 (serial port)
COM2   communications port 2 (serial port)
CPU   central processing unit
DC...

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DOS disk operating system
DPI  dots per inch
DSTN dual supertwist nematic
DVD   digital versatile (or video) disc
DVD-ROM digital versatile (or video) disc read-only memory
ECP   enhanced capabilities port
EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory
FAT file allocation table
FCC   Federal Communications Commission
GB  gigabyte
HDD   hard disk drive
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
IEEE Institute of Electrical a nd Electronics Engineers
I/O  input/output
IRQ  interrupt request
ISP Internet...

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SDRAM  synchronous dynamic random access memory
SRAM   static random access memory
SVGA   super video graphics adapter
TFT   thin film transistor
USB   universal serial bus
URL uniform resource locator
WA N wide area network
www   World Wide Web
Te r m s
The following terms may appear in this user’s guide.
Aactive-matrix display  — A liquid crystal display (LCD) made from an 
array of liquid crystal cells using active-matrix technology. Also 
known as a “TFT display,” in its simplest form...

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baud rate — The speed at which a comm unication device, such as a 
printer or modem, transmits information. Baud rate is the number of 
signal changes per second (not necessarily the same as bits per 
second). See also  bits per second.
BIOS (basic input/output system)  — Basic instructions, stored in read-
only memory (ROM), containing the information the computer 
needs to check hardware and load  the operating system when you 
start up the computer.
bits per second (bps)  — A way of...

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central processing unit (CPU) — The chip that functions as the “brain” 
of the computer. It takes informa tion from outside sources, such as 
memory or keyboard input, processes the information, and sends the 
results to another device that uses the information.
character  — Any letter, number, or symbol you can use on the 
computer. Some characters are non- printing characters, such as a 
paragraph break in a word-pro cessing program. A character 
occupies one byte of computer storage.
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Ddefault — The setting selected by a program when the user does not 
specify an alternative setting.
device  — A component attached to  the computer. Devices may be 
external (outside the computer’s  case) or internal (inside the 
computer’s case). Printers, disk dr ives, and modems are examples of 
devices.
device driver  — A program (called a “drive r”) that permits a computer 
to communicate with a device.
dialog box  — An on-screen window displayed by the operating system 
or a program...

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double-click — To press and release the pointing device’s primary 
button rapidly twice without moving the pointing device. In the 
Windows
® operating system, this refers to the pointing device’s left 
button, unless otherwise stated.
double-density diskette  — A 3.5-inch diskette that can hold up to 
720 KB of information (half the capac ity of a high-density diskette). 
See also  diskette, high-density diskette.
download  — (1) In communications, to  receive a file from another 
computer...