A docking station is a unit that attaches to a laptop or notebook computer,
either directly or by cable, providing the laptop with more hardware.
This arrangement increases the laptop's capabilities almost to that of a
standardized desktop computer. A docking station typically includes
standard expansion slots, as well as additional ports (sockets) for connecting a printer, modem, keyboard, etc. So
if you have a laptop computer and a docking station, you can take your
laptop with you wherever you go, accepting its limitations as a laptop.
Then when you come home or go back to the office, you can connect your
laptop to the docking station (with some units this is like inserting a
giant video tape into a VCR). Then your laptop virtually turns into a
regular desktop computer, complete with large monitor, large hard disk,
more RAM, etc
Chapter : Introduction to Computer
- Computer Fundamental
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