Epson Powerspan User Manual page 188

FLASH memory
Non-volatile, rewritable, random access memory. Your
computer's BIOS and EISA configuration information is
temporarily stored in a FLASH memory device.
Hexadecimal
A base-16 numbering system frequently used by programmers
to represent the binary numbers used by the computer. Any
decimal number between 0 and 255 can be expressed by a
two-digit hexadecimal number consisting of the numbers 0
through 9 and the letters A through F. Hexadecimal numbers
are usually followed by the letter h to differentiate them from
decimal numbers.
IDE
Integrated Drive Electronics. A type of hard disk drive interface
in which the controller is located on the drive, instead of on a
controller card. Your computer includes an interface for up to
two IDE hard disk drives on the main system board.
ISA
Industry Standard Architecture. The 8- or 16-bit bus standard
developed for IBM compatible computers.
Key disk
A diskette containing a copy-protected program and that must
remain in a diskette drive while you use the program. See also
Copy-protected program.
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