DTK Computer Apex 386/40 User Manual page 118

system crash
— This is an event that occurs when the system software
halts in response to a system malfunction.
Turbo
— High-speed.
video
— It refers to signals consisting of picture-producing ele-
ments that are used to display characters or graphics on
a CRT.
virtual disk
— Also referred to as a RAM disk, this is a portion of
memory used to simulate a physical disk.
wait state
— Wait states are pauses. Zero wait state means there are
no pauses when the contents of the memory chips are
being read.
window
— An independent screen that can be invoked onto the
monitor and in which data can be viewed, altered or
stored.
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