PCs: The Missing Manual

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labels

LAN (Local Area Network)

Language Bar

        English layout

laptops

        backing up

        BIOS

        connecting to a PC already hooked up to a network

        keyboard

        memory upgrades

        opening up

        preventing theft of

        screen brightness

        sound

        upgrading the hard drive

        wireless capability

        wireless networks within range

laser printers 2nd

        color

        inkjet vs.

        LEDs instead of laser

        replacing toner cartridges

last word

LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) monitors 2nd 3rd 4th

        adjusting

        cleaning

        problems with dead pixels

        upgrading with digital video card

        with DVI and VGA ports

LEDs (Light-Emitting Diodes)

left-handed typists

letter assigned to a drive 2nd 3rd 4th

libraries

licenses

        digital music

LightScribe

LightScribe-compatible CDs

LightSound

limitations of

       wireless networks

                expense

                security

                speed

Line In port 2nd

Line Out or Speaker port (on PCs)

links

links to Web files

Linksys

        KVM switch

        WVC54g wireless Webcam

Local Disk (C:)

local printer

locking mechanism on scanners

Login Recovery Web site

lossless (music file formats)

lossy (music file formats)

LP Ripper

LPT1 port