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HARD DISK
HARDWARE
HIGH-LEVEL
LANGUAGE
INPUT
LOAD
MACHINE
LANGUAGE
MODEM
A fixed, durable
disk
for
storing
information
magnetically.
It is
permanently
located
within
the
computer.
the physical parts
of
the
computer
and
its
peripheral equip-
ment
, as
opposed
to
SOFTWARE.
a
computer
programm
ing language
that
is
similar
to
English
or
mathematics.
S-BASIC and PASCAL, for example, are high-level
languages.
data
put
into
the
computer.
By extension, the process
or
means
of
putting
data
into
the computer.
to
take
information
from
a storage
medium,
such as a
disk
or
tape, and put
it
into
the
computer's
memory.
a binary
language
that
a
computer
can understand, as
opposed
to
either
assembly
language (see
the
ASM
section
of
your CP/M
manual)
or
high-level languages like S-BASIC.
acronym
for
MOdulationlDEModulation:
a device
that
connects
a
computer
terminal
to
another
computer
terminal
via a
com-
munications
link
,
such
as the
telephone
system. With
the
KAYPRO,
modems
are
connected
directly
to
the RS-232C con-
nector
at
the
rear
of
the
machine.
OUTPUT
information
displayed
or
used
to
control
devices external
to
a
computer. By
extension,
the process
or
means
of
getting
infor-
mation
out
of
a
computer.
PERIPHERAL any device
connected
to
and used
with
your
computer
(e.g., a
printer
or modem).
PIXEL an
element
or
location
on the screen
for
the purpose
of
forming
characters
or
graphic
displays
PROGRAM a set
of
instructions
for
a computer; the SOFTWARE. When
these
instructions
are in a high-level language
like
BASIC,
they
will
always
have
to
be converted
into
a set
of
low-level
or
machine
language
instruct
i
ons
by
either
an
interpreter
(M
-BASIC)
or
a
compiler
(S-BASIC).
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