PC Hardware in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition
| [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z] D3D (Direct3D) DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter)[DAC (Digital to Analog Converter) DAE (Digital Audio Extraction) 2nd Daily Copy Backup, caution with Daily Full rotation DAO (Disc-At-Once recording) 2nd DAT (Digital Audio Tape) data buses data bytes, in MIDI messages data cables, in floppy disk drives Data Express (StorCase) data flow analysis data transfer modes USB Data Transfer Rates (DTRs) 2nd CD-ROM drives and choosing configuring DataSwap (Antec) DB25 SCSI connectors DD (double-density) drive type DDR:-SDRAM (Double Data Rate SDRAM) DDS (Digital Data Storage) DDWG (Digital Display Working Group) decode units deflection yokes desktop boards [See motherboards] Desktop/AT and BAT pinouts 2nd device drivers Device Manager DVD drives, installing reserving resources device-based termination device/head registers Devices page, configuring tape drives and diagnostic tools 2nd DIB (Dual Independent Bus) differential devices Digital Audio Extraction (DAE) 2nd Digital Audio Tape (DAT) Digital Data Storage (DDS) digital data streams Digital Display Working Group (DDWG) Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) Digital Video (DV) digitizing sounds DIME (Direct Memory Execute) DIMMs (Dual Inline Memory Modules) guidelines for installing 2nd 3rd removing DIN connectors 5/6-pin DIP (Dual Inline Pin) chip pullers rows and banks switches Direct Memory Access [See entries at DMA] Direct Memory Execute (DIME) Direct3D (D3D) DirectCD, caution with DirectSound/3D DirectX Disc-At-Once (DAO) recording 2nd discrete SRAM chips dishwasher method for cleaning keyboards diskettes [See floppy disks] Display Properties screen area settings, changing video, configuring DisplayMate 2nd displays 2nd caution with controls/stored settings for installing/configuring new, utility for testing recommendations for resolutions for caution with troubleshooting tube geometries of upgrading Distribution Media Format (DMF) DLS (downloadable sounds) DMA (Direct Memory Access) CD writer troubleshooting and, caution with CD-ROM drives, enabling for determining if supported by disk drives embedded chipset functions mode transfers with Windows and tape drives, configuring UDMA/66 current technologies DMA modes enabling DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) DMF (Distribution Media Format) DOS BIOS and boot disk CMOS settings diagnostic tools for 2nd virus scans DOS formatting 2nd dot pitch 2nd dot triads Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDR:-SDRAM) double-density (DD) drive type Double-Sided, Double-Density (DSDD) downloadable sounds (DLS) DP-SPGA (Dual Pattern Staggered Pin Grid Array) Socket 8 DPMA (Dynamic Power Management Architecture) DRAM (Dynamic RAM) asynchronous synchronous types of packaging in video adapters drives methods for mounting in cases drive bays drive cages drive coolers DriveCopy (PowerQuest) DriveImage/DriveImage Pro, PowerQuest drive letter assignments high-capacity FDDs and drive select (DS) drive trays DS (drive select) DSDD (Double-Sided, Double-Density) DSP (Digital Signal Processor) DTRs [See Data Transfer Rates] Dual Independent Bus (DIB) Dual Inline Memory Modules [See DIMMs] Dual Inline Pin [See DIP] Dual Pattern Staggered Pin Grid Array (DP-SPGA) Socket 8 dual-booting, removable hard drives and dual-pipelined superscalar design dual-ported video adapters Duron/Spitfire (AMD processors) DV (Digital Video) DVDs DVD-R (Recordable) DVD-RAM drives choosing DVD-ROM drives 2nd installing/configuring media for recommendations for writable and rewritable DVD-RW (Rewritable) dynamic execution Dynamic Power Management Architecture (DPMA) Dynamic RAM [See DRAM] |