This is a wireless technology that provides a simple connection from anywhere within the range of a base station. This is commonly found in coffee shops and hotels.
What is Wi-Fi
100
This setting can be set to turn off to conserve battery power.
What is Power Options Setting
100
This method allows a device to connect to other devices to create a Personal Area Network (PAN), which typically covers a range of a few meters.
What is Bluetooth
100
The computer is off.
What is S5
200
This wireless adapter card is commonly used by older laptops. It has 124 pins and are capable of 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g wireless LAN connection standards.
What is Mini-PCI
200
Laptops have space restrictions, therefore they use this type of RAM, which are smaller.
What is SODIMMs
200
This type of laptop display is also know as Liquid Crystal Display.
What is LCD
200
This is the most common Bluetooth network, which has a range of approximately 33 ft. (10 meters)
What is Class 2
200
The CPU and RAM are still receiving power, but unused devices are powered down.
What is S1
300
This wireless adapter card is most common in laptops. It has 54 pins and support all wireless LAN standards.
What is Mini-PCIe
300
Laptop processors uses this technology to modify the clock speed as needed to reduce power consumption and heat.
What is CPU throttling
300
This type of laptop display uses less power and has a longer lifespan than LCD monitors. Also known as Light Emitting Diode.
What is LED
300
This wireless technology is low-power, short-range wireless technology that transmits data using LEDs. This is most common with TV remote controls.
What is Infrared
300
The computer is on and the CPU is running.
What is S0
400
This wireless adapter card is commonly found in newer laptops and smaller laptops, such as Ultrabooks because they are half the size of Mini-PCIe cards.
What is PCI Express Micro
400
This component attaches to AC power and to desktop peripherals. When you plug the laptop into this component, you have access to power and the attached peripherals as well as an increased number of ports.
What is a docking station
400
This type of laptop display is rarely used in laptops due to high power consumption
What is Plasma
400
This signal is transmitted only if there is a clear, unobstructed view between devices.
What is Line of sight
400
The CPU and RAM are off. The contents of RAM have been saved to a temporary file on the hard disk. This mode is also called "saved to disk". In Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP, this state is known as the hibernate mode.
What is S4
500
This card is the newer model of expansion card and is most commonly used
What is an ExpressCard
500
This key is commonly used to activate a second function on a dual purpose key.
What is a Function key (Fn)
500
This type of laptop display do not require a backlight and are thinner and more efficient than LCD displays.
What is OLED
500
This card is used to connect a laptop to a cellular networks
What is a Cellular WAN Card
500
The CPU is off, but the RAM is refreshed. The system is in a lower mode than S1.