Modem
A device that allows a computer to send or receive data over a
telephone line.
Monitor
The screen of a CRT.
Motherboard
The main circuit board of your computer. Also called the system
board.
MS-DOS
An operating system from Microsoft that comes with your
computer. See Operating system.
NiCad
The type of battery used by your Equity LT-386SX. NiCad
stands for nickel-cadmium.
Numeric keypad
The number keys grouped on the right side of the keyboard.
The keys used for the keypad show numbers and characters in
boxes in the lower right portion of the key cap. Keypad
functions are activated by turning on Num Lock. To access the
scroll functions shown along the front side of the key, press
Shift with the appropriate cursor key while Num Lock is on.
Numeric coprocessor
See Coprocessor.
Operating speed
Execution speed.
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