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ADDRESS

ARRAY

ASCII

BACK

UP

BAUD

RATE

BDOS

BIOS

BIT

BOOT

BUFFER

BUG

BYTE

CCP

GLOSSARY

a number used by the

computer

to keep

track

of

different

memory

locations

a set

of

elements

arranged in a pattern

acronym

for

American

Standard Code

for

Information

Inter-

change; a 7-bit code

for

representing

character

data

such as let-

ters,

punctuation,

etc.

to

copy

information

or

programs as a

protective

measure

the speed

of

serial

communications;

BAUD is used

generally

as

meaning

bits

per second: 300 baud

would

be 300

bits/second

or

30

characters

per

second

acronym

for

Basic

Disk

Operating System: the

section

of

CP/M

that

keeps

track

of

disk

files

acronym

for

Basic

Input/Output

System:

the

section

of

CP/M

that

handles the hardware

of

the

KAYPRO

a binary

digit,

the

smallest

piece

of

information

a

computer

can

handle (see BYTE)

loading

CP/M

into

the

computer's

memory

from drive

A,

COLD

BOOT

occurs

when

the

machine

is

first

turned on; WARM BOOT

occurs

when you press the CTRL and C keys

simultaneously

(see CP/M manual

for

details)

an area

of

memory

set

aside

for

storing

and

manipulating

data

associated

with

I/O devices,

such

as

disks

and keyboards.

a

problem

or

undesirable

side-effect

of

a

computer

program,

almost

always

unexpected

and

unwelcome

(see DEBUG)

8 bits; the size

of

a

memory

location

in the KAYPRO; a

computer

"word"

(note: a

kilobyte

or

kbyte is one

thousand

bytes)

acronym

for

Console

Command

Processor: the

section

of

CP/M

that

makes sense

of

what

you

type

on

the

keyboard

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