FORMAT
HARD DISK
HARDWARE
HIGH-LEVEL
LANGUAGE
INPUT
LOAD
MACHINE
LANGUAGE
MODEM
OUTPUT
PERIPHERAL
PIXEL
PROGRAM
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.
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
programming
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
MOdulation/DEModulation:
a device
that
con-
nects
a
computer
terminal
to
another
computer
terminal
via a
communications
link,
such
as the
telephone
system.
With
the
KAYPRO,
modems
are
connected
directly
to
the
RS-232C con-
nector
at the rear
of
the
machi
ne.
information
displayed
or
used
to
control
devices external to a
computer. By
extension,
the process
or
means
of
getting
in-
formation
out
of
a
computer.
any device
connected
to
and used with your
computer
(e.g., a
printer
or
modem).
an
element
or
location
on the screen
for
the purpose
of
form-
ing
characters
or
graphic
displays.
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
instructions
by
either
an
interpreter
(M-BASIC)
or
a
compiler
(S-BASIC).
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