Section 11.  Glossary 
 
 
Term: lf 
Line feed.    Often associated with carriage return (<cr>).    <cr><lf>. 
 
Term: local variable 
A variable available for use only by the subroutine in which it is declared.   
The term differentiates local variables, which are declared in the Sub() and 
Function() instructions, from global variables, which are declared using 
Public or Dim. 
 
Term: LONG 
Data type used when declaring integers. 
 
Term: loop 
A series of instructions in a CRBasic program that are repeated a the 
programmed number of times.    The loop ends with an end instruction. 
 
Term: loop counter 
Increments by one with each pass through a loop. 
 
Term: mains power 
the national power grid 
 
Term: manually initiated 
Initiated by the user, usually with a CR1000KD Keyboard/Display 
(p. 569), as 
opposed to occurring under program control. 
 
Term: mass storage device 
USB: "thumb" drive.    See Data Storage Devices — List 
(p. 571). 
 
Term: MD5 digest 
16 byte checksum of the TCP/IP VTP configuration. 
 
Term: milli 
The SI prefix denoting 1/1000 of a base SI unit.