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ALAG
ARPANET
atom
B Reset
base state
bit map
boot
GLOSSARY
An acronym for Automatic Load-and-Go,
this term describes diagnostics that run with
little or no user interaction. Typically, these
diagnostics have no menus or commands.
Once started, they run independently, and
upon completion they return a simple
PASS/FAll indication. If a failure is
indicated, other diagnostics are then run by
a service technician. Boot Diagnostics and
Preboot diagnostics are ALAG, and the Rigid
Disk Diagnostics are not.
Network linking research computers. An
acronym for Advanced Research Projects
Agency Network.
The basic Lisp building block and the
smallest structure in Lisp. Can consist of any
contiguous string of characters, except
prohi bited characters such as parentheses.
Meaning "boot reset", the red button on
the front of your processor unit.
Black screen with bouncing white rectangle.
A representation of a graphic entity as a
sequence of bits.
Short for bootstrap, a machine-level
software routine used to facilitate system
start-up. Also describes the process of
loading a boot file onto the 1186
workstation.
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