IBM XT 5160 Technical Reference page 406

w.
Watt.
watt. The practical unit of electric power.
window. (1) A predefined part of the virtual space. (2) The
visible area of a viewplane.
word. ( 1) A character string or a bit string considered as an
entity. (2) See computer word.
write. To make a permanent or transient recording of data in a
storage device or on a data medium.
write precompensation. The varying of the timing of the head
current from the outer tracks to the inner tracks of the diskette to
keep a constant 'write' signal.
yon plane. In computer graphics, a plane that is perpendicular to
the line joining the viewing reference point and the view point,
and that lies beyond the viewing reference point. Any part of an
object beyond the yon plane is not seen. See also hither plane.
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