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Glossary
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Access Protection
Access to the programs and data of a programming device can be protected
by passwords.
Application
An application is a program which builds directly on, for example, the
operating system. Applications on your programming device are
MS-DOS/Windows, the STEP 5 Basic package, GRAPH 5, etc.
ASCII Editor
With an ASCII editor you can process (that is, edit) text files which are
stored in ASCII code (American Standard Code of Information Interchange).
B
Base Memory
The base memory is part of the main memory. It is 640 KB for all
programming devices. The size is entered in the SETUP menu under the
entry "Base Memory" and is not changed even if the memory is extended.
BIOS
BASIC Input Output System.
Boot Diskette
A diskette which includes a boot sector, enabling it to load the operating
system.
Booting
A loading operation which transfers the operating system to the main
memory.
Bps
The speed (in bits per second) with which information is transmitted through
a data link.
C
Cache
Fast intermediate memory.
Click
Pressing and immediately releasing the left mouse button; this selects objects
or triggers commands.
COM1 Port
The COM1 port is a serial V.24/modem interface. This interface is suitable
for asynchronous data transmission. It can also be used to connect printers
with a serial interface.
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