CCP
CHIP
CONSOLE
CP/M
CPU
CRT
DEBUG
DIR
DIRECTORY
FILE
FILENAME
FLOPPY
acronym for Console Command Processor: the section
of
CP/M
that
makes sense
of
what you type on the keyboard
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
microcom-
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
CP/M FEATURES AND
FACI LlTI
ES
for
details.
the
list
of
files in a user area
or
on a disk. The KAYPRO 10
allows
1024 directory entries
for
each logical disk. The excep-
tion
is drive
C:
which
may have up
to
64
directory entries.
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
information
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
file
type,
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.
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