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password
A word known only to you that
confirms
your
identity as a subscriber
to
an
information
service
or
to
a
network,
pathname:
A
name
formed by
combining
directory, subdirectory,
and
nle
names
to
specify
a particular file. For example,
if
you
had
a disk
named
Trees,
a subdirectory
named
Apple,
and
a
me
named
Delicious, the
pathnamc
would
be
/TreeIApp/e/Dellcious.
peripheral:
Short for
peripheral
device.
peripheral
card: See
interface
card.
peripheral
device:
A piece
of
equipment, like a
printer
or
a modem, that you conneci to a
computer
to
give it a particular capability.
PILOT: Acronym for
Programmed
Inquiry,
Learning,
Or
Teaching. A
programming
language
favored
by
teachers for designing their
own
educational software.
pin-feed
paper:
Paper
designed
for
continuous
feeding into a printer. Pinfeed
paper
has little
holes
running
along
the
vertical margins that a
mechanism
in
the
printer engages. Perforations
betwecn
pages
make
for easy separation
of
pagcs.
Also
called
fanfold
paper
and
co11tlnuous-jorm
paper.
plotter:
A device that prints charts
and
graphs by
drawing with pens.
pointer:
A marker that moves across
the
screen
when
you move the mouse (in mouse-driven
programs).
Compare
cursor.
port:
A socket
on
the back panel
of
a computer
where you can plug
in
a cable to
connea
to
a
peripheral device,
another
computer,
or
a
network.
power
light:
A light
on
the keyboard that lells you
whether
or
not
the
computer
is
turned on.
power
strip:
A device containing multiple three-
pronged
sockets that plugs into a three-hole,
grounded
outlet. A must
if
you have more than two
devices that
need
to
be
plugged into a grounded,
three-hole outlet.
power
supply:
A device that converts electridty
from an outlet to the low voltages that
power
a
computer.
The
Apple
power
supply includes
some
proteaion
against severe voltage changes.
power switch.: A rocker switch
on
the
back
of
the
computer
that you press to
tum
the
computer
on
or
off.
print:
To
send
text
or
graphics from
the
computer
to
a printer for reproduction
on
paper.
print
buffer
card:
A memory card that holds
documents for printing. You can
send
an
entire
filc
to
the card and continue working at the
computer while
the
file prints. Without such a
card, you must wait until
the
printer finishes its
work before you can continue with yours.
printer:
A device that produces a
paper
copy
of
information you create
on
the computer. See also
daisy
wheel
printer
and dot
matrix
printer.
print
wheel:
See
daisy
wheel
ProDOS, Short for Professional Disk Operating
System.
The
primary operating system for
the
Apple lIe
and
Apple
1Ic.
See also
operating
system.
PlY)lXJS
User's
Disk:
A
set
of
programs for
manipulating files created with ProDOS-based
programs.
see
also
disk
utlUtJes.
program:
(n.) Instructions that
teU
the
computer
what to do. (v.)
To
write a set
of
instructions for the
computer
to
execute.
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