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CHIP
CONSOLE
CP/M
CPU
CRT
DEBUG
DIR
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DIRECTORY
FILE
FILENAME
FLOPPY
FORMAT
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slang for an integrated circuit
the device used for communication between the computer and
you.
Normally, this is the keyboard and the video display.
acronym for Control Program for Microcomputers. The most
popular disk operating system for 8080 and Z-80 micro com-
puters, CP/M keeps
track of the files and programs on the hard
disk and the floppy disks and facilitates their use.
acronym for Central Processing Unit: the microprocessor chip
acronym for Cathode Ray Tube: the "TV" tube used as the video
display
to remove mistakes from a computer program (see BUG)
a
built-in CP/M command that lists the files of a user area or
diskette. See An Introduction to CPIM Features and Facilities
for detai Is.
the list of files in a user area or on a disk. The KAYPRO 10
allows 1000 different entries in the directory (see DIR and STAT),
but on the hard disk there can be 1000 files.
a collection of characters, data, or what-have-you that is stored
in a user area
or on a disk. A file can contain a program or infor-
mation to be used by other programs or a manuscript, etc.
the name
of a file, which you see when you list the directory or
use when you access a file. The general form for a filename is:
B:NAME.MSS The
first part (A:, B: or C:) indicates which drive
the
file is in. The second part is the name, and can be up to
eight characters long. The last part is called the extent, can be
up
to three characters long, and is separated from the name by
a period.
a
diskette of magnetic media which is encased in a sturdy
envelope. It stores data in areas called files .
the organization of data on a disk. A single-sided, double-
density format on the floppy disk consists of 40 tracks per disk,
with each track divided into 10 sectors.
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