1.  According to an industry source, Toshiba has already cut deals with OEMs for peripheral components, and is likely to have PCs in the channel by Christmas.

2.  Currently, peripheral component interconnect hardware, or PCI buses, ferry the information within the DSL multiplexer, edge router or other type of access equipment.

3.  PCI LB means peripheral component interconnect local bus.

4.  Radius Inc., the largest maker of Apple peripheral components like monitors, is expected to announce Tuesday that it will begin selling Macintosh-compatible computers.

5.  The USB port, a rectangular connecting device built into computers, is designed to improve the flow of data between computers and peripheral components.