LASER PRINTER- It creates the image by firing a charge a charge at a photosensitive drum, which then attracts the toner to it. The image is then transferred from the drum to the paper.

LCD- Liquid Crystal Display.

LAN- Local Area Network. A network that only serves a small area. This may be useful for sharing files and printers between computers.

LED- Light Emitting Diode. A device that is used to display text in a backlit window.

LIBRARY- A set of functions used by a number of programs to decrease the amount of code needed by a program. These are stored in the LIBS: directory and in ROM.

LIGHT PEN- An alternative input device used in place of the mouse. These are used by holding it to the screen and "drawing". A fascinating device that has become little more than a gimmick in the late 90's

LIGHTWAVE- A professional 3D rendering application that can be used with the Video Toaster. It is used on most sci-fi programs including Babylon 5 and Star Trek. The current Amiga version is 5.5. Available for a number of operating systems and processors.

LINUX- A powerful multi-tasking OS based upon Linux.

LOCALE- Part of the Amigas system responsible for multi-lingual support.

LOW LEVEL- A form of programming used by languages such as C/++ and assembly to access the hardware directly.

LOW LEVEL FORMATTING- A process of formatting a disk so that there is nothing on it. This should only be done on a SCSI hard drive; low level formatting an IDE drive will DESTROY it.

LURK- Listening to a newsgroup or mailing list without posting

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