Sanyo MBC-550 Series User Manual page 58

Interrupts are used to signal the
computer that an external device has a
status or some data for the computer to
process.
INTERRUPT
In common use in a computer "K" usually
represents 1024.
K
1,024 bytes.
KILOBYTE
Computer language express a communica­
tion tool beween programmer and
computer.SANYO BASIC, PASCAL, FORTH, and
FORTRAN are all languages.
LANGUAGE
A "line" is a horizontal grouping of
graphic characters,
both printers and in displays.
LINE
Lines are used for
LOW-LEVEL
LANGUAGE
Communication language more machine
rather than human based.
LOW-ORDER The least important element in a
grouping. The low-order bit of a byte
is the bit with the least binary value.
MACHINE
LANGUAGE
Language for computer hardware use.
Most machinelanguages are binary and are
in hexidecimal.
MBC
A Sanyo acronym for micro Business
Computer. Prefix for members of the
Sanyo MBC-1100/1200/4000/550 series.
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