Atari 520ST - Page 71

APPENDIX
C
GLOSSARY
Alert
Messages Alert
messages inform
you that the operation
you
are performing
is improper or
impossible. Alert
messages
are
always
displayed in
a
Dialog
Box.
Baud Rate The
speed
at
which
characters are
transmitted from
one source
to another. You
can transmit information
from your
computer
through
a
modem
over the telephone
lines
to
another
computer. The
baud
rate
is a measure
of bits per second.
Bit The smallest
unit of computer
memory. Eight bits equal
one
byte of
memory.
Byte Computer
memory is arranged
into units called
bytes. Each
byte consists
of eight memory
units called bits.
Each byte is
a
unique character
within the
computer.
(See
Bit and
Kilobyte.)
Cartridge One of four
methods of
entering data and/or
programs
into the
ST Computer. The
other methods are
using
a
disk drive,
the keyboard, or
an external port
(i.e., Modem port).
Click Click
means
to point the mouse pointer
at a word or icon
on
the
screen, press
the mouse
button,
and then release
it quickly.
Close Box A
small
box at the upper left-hand corner of
a window
used
to
close
the
window.
Color Palette
One function of
the
Control
Panel that allows
you
to
modify
the colors available
on the ST Computer.
You must have
the
SCI
224 RGB Analog Color
Monitor for the Color
Palette to
function.
Control
Panel A Dialog Box
that allows
you to control many
of the
GEM
Desktop functions. The
Desktop
colors (on a
RGB Analog
monitor),
Mouse Click
Response, Keyboard
Response,
Clock/
Calendar,
and Audio
Feedback Prompts
are
adjustable through the'
Control
Panel.
Cursor
A
marker
that
appears on the screen
to
indicate the
posi-
tion
of the next
typed character.
Daisy Chaining
A method of
connecting
two or more
devices to
the
computer
using an interface
cable
to
link
each peripheral
device
to the previous
one.
Data File A collection
of information
that can
be used
by a
pro-
gram.
Data files are
not programs.