Motorola SABER I User Manual page 101

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An electrical connection on a computer
used
lo
oomrnrnicate with
other devices, such
as a radb, nDdem, or
a
printer.
1)
A set of
computer instructions desQned
to
have the computer
perlorm a specilic sequence of actions.
2) The transler of
information trom the compute/s
temporary
mernory (RAM) to the radb
codeplug.
A figurative lerm used to
describe
the organization of a multi{evel
menudriven software program.
An
acronym
lor
Push to
Talk. The
PTT button is a corillol on the
slde of
the radio that lets you tranimlt.
A receive-only
lunction similarto paging.
An acronym
for
Random Access
Mernory.
RAM's are
electrical
devices used lor temporary storage ol
compuler
or
radio in-
lormation.
An acronym
lor
Repeater Access Tone
t.
The
RAT1
is a
control
(on
the skle ol the radio) that lets you access a repeater.
An acronym
lor
Repeater Access Tone
2. The
RAT2
is a
contro!
(on
the skle ol the radio) that lets you access
a
repeater.
The transler
ol
information lrom the
radio codeplug
to
the
compute/s temporary memory (RAM) via the
RIB
communication
link.
An acronym lor Radio lnterface
Box.
The RtB is used to connecl to
a
computer system
to a
radio
lor the pueose of
communicating
between the radio and the computer. The RIB consists mainly ol
level-shifting
circulXs
that convert lrom the stardard
R9232
voltage
bvels ol
the
computer asyrrchronous serhl interface to the single-
ended voltage levels present on
the
Sedal Bus contac{s
ol
the
radio's feature connector. ln conjunction with the
RlB,
an
appropriate RlB-to-radio cable and RlB-to-computer cable m.lst be
used.
An acronym
lor
Radio Personality
File.
RPF is a file
saved onto
disk as
a
data
lile.
An
asyrrchonous, serial, data transmission slandard that delines
the required sequenoe, timing, and hardrare interrace.
The transler of inlonnation t]om the computefs temporary memory
(RAM)
to
a
permanent storage medium (disk).
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Glossary
A set ol instructions that tells the computer what to do.