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CONSOLE
- The
part
of
your Vector 4 which contains the video screen, central
processing unit, and other electronic components.
CP/M
-
Control
Program
for
Microprocessors.
An
extremely
popular operating
system used
extensively
in
the microcomputer industry. Modified
for
simpler
operation
on
the V ector
4,
as Vector 4 CP
1M.
CPU -
Central
Processing Unit. The brains of a computer. A tiny silicon chip or
integrated
circuit
that
is
responsible
for
making
decisions,
performing
calculations and executing instructions given to
it
by
the user.
CURSOR - A flashing box,
arrow,
or
line
seen
on
the
video
screen,
used
to
indica~e
the location of the computer's "attention".
DISK
- Magnetic media used
to
store
data and programs
created
on
the computer.
A disk
may
be flexible,
called
a "floppy
diskette"
or rigid,
called
a "hard
disk".
DISK
DRIVE
- The hardware device
that
houses either the hard disk or the floppy.
The storage component of the computer.
EXTENSION
- The three characters
after
the period in a PILE
NAME.
FILE - A block of
data
recorded on disk under a specific name.
.
PlLENAME
-
The
way
to
access,
or
refer
to
a FILE on your
Vector
4. The
filename
consists
of two
parts:
the
~
itself,
which can be
up
to
eight
characters
long, and
the
EXTENSION, which can be
up
to
three characters
long.
FORMAT
- A transient
command
used
to
prepare a
DISK
for use. Format actually
puts
TRACK and SECTOR markings on the recording
surface
to
customize
it
for the particular computer hardware
it
will be used with.
FUNCTION
KEYS
- A
series
of
buttons
or
keys
across
the top of the keyboard
that
are used for special functions
in
aapplications programs.
HARDWARE
-
The
physical
components
of
the
computer.
Disk
driVes, consoles,
printers and keyboards are
all
examples of hardware devices.
KILOBYTE
- A
term
that
describes
1,024
bytes,
a
byte
being
equivalent to a
character. The abbreviation is
"k", so a disk may
be
said
to
hold 630k or
approximately
630,000 characters.
MEGABYTE
- A
term
that
describes
a million
(actually
1,048,576) BYTES or
characters. The abbreviation
for
megabyte
is mb, so
a·
hard
disk may hold
5mb
or approximately 5 million characters.
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