NEC PC-8201A - Page 211

APPENDIX D
GLOSSARY
ASCII
ARRAY
BASIC
DATA
DELIMIT
FILE
INPUT
K
LINE
NUMBER
MEMORY
OUTPUT
American Standard Code For Information Interchange.
A set of values arranged in a regular pattern such as in
single-file or in two dimensions.
Beginner's All purpose Symbolic Instruction
Code. Easy to understand programming language.
The input values that a computer must have in order
to solve a given problem.
Separate.
A collection of data to be used with a computer
program. The program itself is often called a file.
To press keys on the keyboard.
Kilobyte, which is used to measure memory capacity
in the PC-8201. One teyped page, double spaced, is
equivalent to about 2K.
An identifying number that is placed ahead of each
BASIC statement in a program.
A computer can store electronically within its mecha¬
nism several million characters of information at any
given moment. In back up devices, computers can
store up to several trillion characters for relatively
immediate use.
The answers given by a computer program.
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