Glossary
format
input
internal
LPT
output
parameter
path
pathname
peripheral
piping
program
PRN
replaceable
parameters
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The process of dividing a disk into tracks
and sectors and
writing
on
it
the system
information used to store data.
Information
or
data
being
received by a
device.
An
MS-DOS
utility
or procedure
that,
when
the
system is loaded, resides
in
memory. An
internal
command
can
be
executed even
after you remove
the
system disk from the
drive.
A
device
name
in
MS-DOS
that
refers to the
printer.
Information or
data
being sent to a device.
A variable item of information appended to
a command
that
defines or customizes
the
command.
The route
through
directories and subdirec-
tories to a specific file.
The direction
the
operating system takes to
get to a file's location on disk. MS-DOS
pathnames
have
the
general
form
drive:
\path
\filename.ext.
An
external device attached to your
com-
puter
such as a printer, monitor, keyboard,
or disk drive.
A method of
making
one command's output
another
command's
input,
allowing
the
chaining of commands.
See "application program."
A
device
name
in
MS-DOS
that
refers to the
printer.
Information appended to a command, usu-
ally represented by a symbol such as
%,
that
will be replaced by user
input
when a
com-
mand is called. See "dummy argument."
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