Character String Code: The numeric value assigned to represent
a Commodore 128 character in the computer’s memory.
Chip: A miniature electronic circuit that performs a computer
operation such as graphics, sound and input/output.
Clock: The timing circuit for a microprocessor.
Clocking: A technique used to synchronize a sending and a
receiving data-communications device that is modulated to
encode binary information.
Collision Detection: The recognition of the collision of sprites with
other sprites or display data.
Color Memory: The area in the Commodore 128’s memory that
controls the color of each location in screen memory.
Command: A BASIC instruction used in direct mode to perform an
action. See Direct Mode.
Compiler: A program that translates a high-level language, such
as BASIC, into machine language.
Composite Monitor: A device used to provide a 40-column video
display.
Computer: An electronic, digital device that stores and processes
information.
Condition: Expression(s) between the words IF and THEN,
evaluated as either true or false in an IF ... THEN statement.
The condition IF ... THEN statement gives the computer the
ability to make decisions.
Coordinate: A single point on a grid having vertical (Y) and
horizontal (X) values.
Counter: A variable used to keep track of the number of times an
event has occurred in a program.
CPU: Acronym for Central Processing Unit. The part of the
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