CPU
CR
Color display
Color monitor
Control character
Deadstart
Diagnostic
Direct -cou pled
Direct link
Display
EC
Equipment number
Glossary-2
one selection to select a line that
is solid, narrow, and red, the line
is bundled with the line attributes.
If
you select a solid line and then
must also select the width and
color, the attributes are not
bundled with the line.
Cent~al
Processing Unit (a computer).
Carriage Return.
On the workstation
keyboard, the NEXT key works as a
carriage-return key.
A cathode-ray tube unit that will
display colors.
Very similar to a
color TV.
Sometimes called a color
monitor or colot terminal.
It may
or may not have a keyboard.
See color display.
Usually relates to a code or signal
that has a special function.
The
ESC (escape) key on the workstation
keyboard, when pressed, generates
the escape control character.
Control characters usually start,
change, or stop some workstation or
computer operation.
See Bootstrap.
A test run on a device (or program)
to find out what is wrong.
When a communication wire or cable
runs directly from one device to
another, the devices are
direct-coupled.
The cable or wire used to direct
couple one device to another.
See
direct-coupled.
See alphanumeric display and color
display.
See equipment number.
A special number given by Control
Data to a piece of equipment for
tracking purposes.
Actually an
Equipment Configuration (EC)
number.
The equipment number of the
workstation is TN234-A or TN271-A.
62950150
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