USB
A bus that is capable of transmitting data at a speed of up to 1.5MB
per second. Up to 127 peripheral devices can be chained together and
connected to the USB port of your system. The USB connection is capable
of transmitting both data and current, so USB devices can even be powered
by the power supply of your system.
User
In Windows 2000, a person designated as user has limited access to
security settings and file access. The extent of the limits is determined
by the settings made by the administrator.
VGA (Video Graphics Array)
The minimum graphics standard for operation of Windows.
Has a resolution of 640 x 480 lines.
Virtual Private Networking
A feature of Windows that allows you to establish a secure “tunnel”
of data on the Internet.
WAVE Audio
This is recorded audio stored in files in a digital form. For example,
when you speak into a microphone connected to your computer, your
voice is converted into voltage and then digitized and stored in an audio
file that can be played back later.
World Wide Web (WWW)
A subset of the Internet which relies upon browsers to allow a user to
see images and watch video and hear sounds, rather than just view text.
The HyperText Markup Language in which it is written allows the user
to jump quickly from one point in the World Wide Web to another.
U-W
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