spedal
Uys:
Keys that
produce
aaions
rather
than
characters
on
the screen; for example, sec
Apple, Backspace, Caps I.ack, Enter, Esc, Option,
Reset, Return, Shirt, Tab,
and
the arrow keys.
spreadsheet:
A Iype
of
application program that
simplifies financial planning,
(OSI
estimating,
and
other
number-crunching
tasks.
STARn3:
A
program
on
the 0053.3
System
Masterdisk lhat
nukes
it
possible
to
run DOS 3.Z-
based
progra
ms.
start
up:
To
get a
computer
systCffi running.
Starting
up
is
the
process
of
first reading the
operating system program from the disk
and
then
running
an
application
prognm.
Also called
boot.
startup
dLsk:
The
first
disk used
in
a [W().suge
startup.
(A startup disk must contain the
openting
system).
Also,
any
disk with which you can
swt
a
computer.
stop
bIt:
One
or
two
bits that indicate
the
end
of
a
character.
store:
To
save
your work
to
a file
on
disk. Work
thai
you
don't slore disappealS
when
you
turn off
the
computer's
power.
subdirectory:
A directory within a directory, for
organizing
flies
on
large-capacity disks.
SuperPILOT:
Apple's version
of
a
popular
programming language.
see
also Pll.OT.
surge
protector:
A device lhat protects a
computer
system
by
stopping
sudden
voltage
surges
and
spikes.
SYNTAX ERROR:
An
error
message that OCaJrs
when
you misspell a
computer
command
or
violate
the
rules
of
a programming language's
syntax.
158 Glossory
synthesizer.
See
musIc
synthesizer.
SYSOP: See
system
operator.
system:
See
computer
system.
system
oper.uor
(sysop):
A person
who
manages a computerized bulletin
board
system.
system
program:
A
~
that makes the
resources
of
a
computer
available for general
purposes, rather
than
for specific
wks.
Compare
appllcallon
program.
Tab: A key moves the OJrsor forward a preset
number
of
characters (usually eight), much like the
Tab key
on
a typewriter.
template:
MOSl often, a
grouping
of
labels
and
formulas that perform a specific
wk
(like
alOJlating
depreciation) within a
spreadsheet
program. Templates
are
available for
other
appliations
like data bases.
temporary
memo.,.,,:
Sec
random-access
memory.
thermal
tranSrer
printu:
A quiet. inexpensive
type
of
printer that
works
by
"buming"charaaers
on
treated paper.
3.S·lncll
disk:
A flexible plastic disk 3.5 inches in
diamcter with
a hard·shell plastic jacket.
Two-
sided
3.5-inch disks
can
store almost six times
more dala
than
single-sided 5.ZS-inch disks..
tract'S:
Printed electrical ciraJits
that
connect
the
componcnlS
on
a circuit
board
track.:
One
of
the
conoentric circles magnetically
inscribed
on
a disk
when
you format
iL
See also
sector.
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