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D3D (Direct3D)

DAE (digital audio extraction)

daily copy backup

daily full backup

DAO (Disc-at-Once)

DAO recording

DAT (Digital Audio Tape)

Data Communications Equipment (DCE)

Data Terminal Equipment (DTE)

data transfer modes, USB

data transfer rate
[See DTR]

DCE (Data Communications Equipment)

DD (Double-Density)

DDR-II SDRAM

DDR-SDRAM (Double Data Rate SDRAM)
2nd
3rd

DDS (Digital Data Storage)

definition of PCs

PC 2001 System Design Guide

PC 99 System Design Guide

deflection yoke

design of processors

device drivers

organizing

diagnostic utilities

chipsets, identifying

differential backup

differential SCSI

digital audio extraction (DAE)

Digital Audio Tape (DAT)

Digital Data Storage (DDS)

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

DIMMs (Dual Inline Memory Modules)

installing

removing

DIP (Dual Inline Pin Package)

DIP chip inserter/puller, avoiding

DIP switches/jumpers, setting

Direct Memory Access
[See DMA]

direct over-write (DOW)

direct resellers, versus retail computer stores

Direct3D (D3D)

DirectInput drivers

Disc-at-Once (DAO)

disk mirroring

disk striping

with parity

display settings, video adapters

DisplayMate utility

displays

configuring

installing

troubleshooting problems

Distribution Media Format (DMF)

DLS (downloadable sounds)

DMA (Direct Memory Access)
2nd

conflicts

DMA channel assignments, table of

DMA controller, chipset support for

DMA modes

CD-ROM drive support for

chipset support for

IDE and

transfers

determining whether a drive supports

enabling when installing PATA hard drives

DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act)

DMF (Distribution Media Format)

DOS boot diskette

DOS diagnostics

antivirus utility

backup utility

CMOS save/restore utility

emergency boot/repair diskette

operating system distribution discs

SiSoft Sandra

SmithMicro Software CheckIt

Symantec Norton Utilities

dot pitch

CRT monitors

Double Data Rate SDRAM
[See DDR-SDRAM]

Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDR-SDRAM)

Double-Density (DD)

Double-Sided, Double-Density (DSDD)

DOW (direct over-write)

downloadable sounds (DLS)

DPMA (Dynamic Power Management Architecture)

DRAM (Dynamic RAM)

asynchronous

packaging

DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory)

drive bays

drive letters, assigning

DriveCopy utility

DriveImage utility

drivers

USB, "educating"

video

installing

selecting

drives

ADR, key selection criteria

cartridge-based removable hard disk
2nd

CD-MRW

media

technical details

CD-ROM
2nd

as backup for upgrades

cleaning

configuring

drive letter assignments, changing

fundamentals

installing

performance

selecting

upgrading

CD-RW

media

technical details

DVD

configuring

installing

troubleshooting

DVD-ROM

CD-R discs and

selecting

upgrading

external hard disk

floppy disk
2nd

cabling

Change Line Support

cleaning

diskette types/formats

drive types

installing

interface/cabling

obsolete, working with

recommended selections

hard disk
2nd

backing up before removing case

copying partitions

formatting

how they work

partitioning

preparing for use

selecting

upgrading

high-capacity FDDs

drive letter assignment problems

recommendations

selecting

types

uses for

installing when building a PC

optical
[See CD-ROM drives DVD drives]

preparing when building a PC

removable hard disk

frame/carrier-based

recommendations

uses for

tape

as backup for upgrades

care of

compatibility issues

installing/configuring

interfaces

read/write errors

recommendations

selecting

technologies

Travan, key selection criteria

troubleshooting problems with

upgrading

DSDD (Double-Sided, Double-Density)

DTE (Data Terminal Equipment)

DTR (data transfer rate)

CD writers

CD-ROM drives

hard drives

Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMMs)

Dual Inline Pin Package (DIP)

duplex mode

DVD drives

configuring

DVD-ROM drives

selecting

installing

selecting, recommendations

troubleshooting

DVD writable/rewritable formats

writable DVD drive, selecting

DVD+R discs

DVD+RW discs

DVD-R (Recordable) discs

DVD-R Authoring (DVD-RA) drives

DVD-RA (DVD-R Authoring) drives

DVD-RAM discs

DVD-Recordable (DVD-R) discs

DVD-Rewritable (DVD-RW) discs

DVD-ROM discs

capacities

speeds

types

DVD-ROM drives/DVD writers

CD-R discs and

upgrading

DVD-RW (Rewritable) discs

Dynamic Power Management Architecture
[See DPMA]

Dynamic RAM
[See DRAM]

Dynamic Random Access Memory
[See DRAM]