Control Data Corporation CDC 790ICEM Owner's Manual page 59

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Ergonomics
Fill area
(graphics term)
Flexible disk
Format (flexible disk)
Host
Initialize
Load
Local
Marker
(graphics term)
Microcode
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The science or skill of making
devices easy to use and comfortable.
A polygon, which may be filled with
a color or a pattern.
Often called a floppy or diskette.
A round flat recording surface
enclosed in a protective case.
Information is written on and read
from the flexible disk by a disk
drive.
The way in which the recording
surface is divided so' the storage
areas on the disk match the
requirements of the system using the
disk. New, blank disks are usually
unformatted and must be formatted by
a special procedure by the system
using the disk. Before copying
information from one disk to another
disk, the receiving disk must be
formatted.
A remote computer connected to the
workstation by a cable or by a modem
and telephone lines.
To set counters, switches,
addresses, etc. to their starting
value.
To copy or move information or
programs, from one device to
another. When a microcode disk is
placed in the disk drive, the
program on the disk is read (copied)
(or loaded) from the disk into the
workstation's memory.
When the functions performed are
done by the.workstation (not by a
remote computer). Selected by the
LOCAL/REMOTE key.
A figure whose center defines a
point.
A short, permanently recorded,
program on a flexible disk that when
read into the workstation's memory
makes the workstation operate in a
predetermined manner. (The TEKEM
microcode makes the workstation act
like a Tektronix workstation.)
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