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A Appendix

System Disk

A system disk contains the core file of an operating system and is used to boot up the operating system.

Twisted-Pair Cable

The cable used to connect the Ethernet card to a host (generally a Hub or Switch) is called a straight-

through Twisted Pair Ethernet (TPE). The end connectors are called RJ-45 connectors, which are not

compatible with RJ-11 telephone connectors. If connecting two computers together without a hub in

between, a crossover twisted-pair is required.

UltraDMA/66 or 100

UltraDMA/66 or 100 are new specifications to improve IDE transfer rates. Unlike traditional PIO

mode, which only uses the rising edge of IDE command signal to transfer data, UltraDMA/66 or 100

uses both rising edge and falling edge.

USB (Universal Serial Bus)

A new 4-pin serial peripheral bus that allows plug and play computer peripherals such as keyboard,

mouse, joystick, scanner, printer and modem/ISDN to be automatically configured when they are at-

tached physically without having to install drivers or reboot. With USB, the traditional complex cables

from back panel of your PC can be eliminated.

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