Scott Muellers Upgrading and Repairing Laptops, Second Edition

Index

[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]

B Channel (defined)

Baby-N-Connector

backbone (defined)

backpack cases 2nd

backup

     defined

backup disk (defined)

backups 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

     complete backup (defined)

     importance of 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

     temporary backups

     why people don't make backups

backward compatibility (defined)

bad sector (defined)

bad track table (defined)

balanced signal (defined)

ball grid array (BGA)

     defined

balun (defined)

bandwidth

     buses 2nd

bandwidth (defined)

bank (defined)

bar code (defined)

barometric filter (hard disk drive) 2nd 3rd 4th

base address (defined)

base memory (defined)

base-2 (defined)

baseband transmission (defined)

basic rate interface (BRI)

batch file (defined)

batteries

     CMOS battery 2nd

     CMOS/clock battery 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

     CR20xx lithium coin cell batteries

     defective batteries

     disassembly 2nd

     extended life batteries 2nd

     life 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th

     lithium-ion (Li-ion) 2nd 3rd 4th

     lithium-ion polymer (Li-Poly) 2nd 3rd

     main battery 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

     maintenance 2nd 3rd

     modular device bay batteries 2nd

    NiCd

         defined

     nickel cadmium (NiCd) 2nd 3rd

     nickel metal-hydride (NiMH) 2nd 3rd

    NiMH

         defined

    PC Cards

         5V or 3.3V operation

     recharging

     replacement batteries

     slab batteries 2nd

     spare

     spare batteries 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

     specifications

     suspend/standby battery 2nd 3rd 4th

     third-party batteries 2nd 3rd 4th

     UPS (uninterruptible power supply)

     voltage

battery life

     memory 2nd

baud (defined)

Baudot code (defined)

bay

     defined

Bayonet-Nut-Coupler

BBS (bulletin board system)

     defined

beep codes

     AMI BIOS POST 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

     Award BIOS POST 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

     defined 2nd

     IBM ThinkPad BIOS 2nd

     Phoenix BIOS 5.x and earlier POST 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

     Phoenix BIOS 6.x and later POST 2nd 3rd 4th

     Phoenix FirstBIOS POST 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

Belden Wire and Cable

     contact information

Belkin

     USB numeric keypad

benchmarks

     defined

BenQ

bezel (defined)

BGA (ball grid array)

     defined

BGA packaging (mobile processors) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

bidirectional (defined)

bidirectional parallel ports 2nd

bilinear filtering

binary multiples prefixes 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

BIOS

     hard drive upgrades

     hard drives 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

     power management settings 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

     video BIOS 2nd

BIOS RAM checksum error - System halted (error message)

BIOS recovery 2nd

BIOS setup

     CMOS setup 2nd 3rd 4th

     Compaq 2nd

     Dell

     Gateway

     IBM 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

     keystrokes for entering

     overview 2nd 3rd

     Toshiba 2nd 3rd 4th

bipolar (defined)

bit binary digit (defined)

bit density (defined)

bit depth (defined)

bitmap (defined)

bits per second (bps)

Black Box Corporation

     contact information

blank (defined)

blanking interval (defined)

block (defined)

block diagram (defined)

Blue Book (defined)

Blue Book CD format

blue screen of death (BSOD)

Bluetooth

     defined

     RF input devices 2nd

Bluetooth wireless standard 2nd 3rd

BMP graphics format

     defined

bonding (defined)

Boolean operation

boot manager

     defined

boot process

     bootable CDs 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

     booting from CD-ROM 2nd

     defined

     DOS

     error messages 2nd

     hardware faults 2nd

     Master Boot Record (MBR) 2nd 3rd 4th

     operating system dependent

     operating system independent 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th

     POST (power on self test) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

     Power On Self Test (POST)

     system startup 2nd 3rd 4th

     Volume Boot Record (VBR) 2nd

     Windows 9x/Me 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th

     Windows NT/2000/XP 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

boot record (defined)

boot sector virus

bootable CD

bootable CDs

     creating 2nd

bootable CDs, creating 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

booting

     cold boot (defined)

     defined

     floppy disk with CD/DVD drive support 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

    warm boot

         defined

bootstrap (defined)

bootstrap approach 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

Borland

     contact information

boule (defined)

bps (bits per second)

branch prediction

breakout boxes 2nd

breather filter (hard disk drive) 2nd 3rd 4th

Brenthaven

BRI (basic rate interface)

bridges

     defined

Briefcase (Windows)

brightness (display systems) 2nd

British-Naval-Connector

broadband transmission

brownout

brushes (for cleaning) 2nd

BSOD (blue screen of death)

bubble memory (defined)

buckling-spring keyboard

buffer

     defined

buffer underrun error-proof

buffering

     stencil buffering

     T-buffers

     Z-buffering

bugs

     defined

bulletin board system (BBS)

     defined

burn-in

BURN-Proof

burst mode

bus mastering 2nd

bus mouse (defined)

buses

     AGP buses 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

     bandwidth 2nd

     bandwidth and detail comparison 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

     compatibility of I/O buses 2nd

     defined 2nd

     local bus (defined)

     LPC bus

     memory buses 2nd 3rd

     PCI buses 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

     PCI Express bus 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

     processor buses 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

    USB (Universal Serial Bus)

         compared to IEEE-1394

busmaster

buying tips

     microphones

    speakers

         frequency response

         total harmonic distortion

         watts

byte (defined)

Byte Runner Technologies

     contact information