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This page contains answers to common questions handled by our support staff, along with some tips and tricks that we have found useful and presented here as questions.  All of the following are suggestions and the user makes the final decision whether to implement them or not.  Always make a backup of your computer before attempting any changes.  If you have any doubts about making changes, wait and talk to someone experienced with your type of changes.

Note: In these answers we will follow a few shorthand conventions for describing user-interface procedures. Key combinations will be presented like this: Ctrl+Alt+Delete, which means that you should press and hold down the Control key, the Alt key, and the Delete key at the same time. Menu selections will be presented like this: File->Open, which means that you should open the File menu, and then make the Open selection.

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Ymodem   An improved version of Xmodem.
ZCAV Zoned Constant Angular Velocity
ZCLV Zoned Constant Linear Velocity
ZIF Zero Insertion Force. This is a socket commonly used to attach a CPU to a motherboard.
ZIP   A popular form of file compression. The files in this format have a .zip file extension.
Zip Drive   A popular type of media storage drive made by Iomega.  Zip drives can be installed either internally or externally and several interfaces, such as SCSI (Small Computer System Interface), ATAPI (Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface), and USB (Universal Serial Bus) are available.  Zip drives use Zip disk media, which looks somewhat like standard diskettes.
Zmodem   A file transfer protocol that provides faster data transfer rates and better error correction than previous protocols.  Zmodem lets the user resume a file transfer at a midpoint after communications are cut.
   
   
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