Glossary-5
IDE
Intelligent Drive Electronics. A hard disk drive type that has
controller electronics built into the drive and delivers high
throughput.
interface
A connection that enables two devices to communicate.
interrupt
A special control signal from an I/O device that diverts
the attention of the microprocessor from the program to a
special address.
K kilobyte
(KB) 1024 bytes.
L load
The process of copying a program into the computer's
memory from a storage device.
M megabyte
(MB) 1,048,576 bytes.
memory
Electronic storage area in a computer that retains infor-
mation and programs. A computer has two types of
memory — read-only memory (ROM) and random access
memory (RAM).
menu
A video display of programs or options.
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