ZiLOG Z86L99 ICEBOX User Manual page 48

Bit
BPS
Buffer
Bug
Bus
Byte
CALL
Checksum
COM
Glossary–2
sending and receiving computers synchronize their
clocks before data transfer may begin.
A digit of a binary system. It has only two possible
values: 0 or 1.
Bits Per Second. Number of binary digits transmitted
every second during a data-transfer procedure.
Storage Area in Memory.
A defect or unexpected characteristic or event.
In Electronics, a parallel interconnection of the internal
units of a system that enables data transfer and
control Information.
A collection of four sequential bits of memory. Two
sequential bytes (8 bits) comprise one word.
This command invokes a subroutine
A field of one or more bytes appended to a block of
words which contains a truncated binary sum formed
from the contents of that block. The sum is used to
verify the integrity of data in a ROM or on a tape.
Device name used to designate a communication
port.
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