Radio Shack TRS-80 100 Manual page 36

Radio /hack*
Computer
Training
Programs
GLOSSARY
access The method
in
which
information
is
read from
or written
to
memory,
alphabetic
Referring
strictly to
the
letters
A
to Z.
ASCII
American
Standard
Code
for
Information Interchange. This
method
of
coding
is
used
to store textual data.
BASIC
Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic
Instruction
Code.
An
easy-to-learn, easy-to-use
high-level
computer programming
language.
binary Having two
possible
states,
e.g.,
the binary
digits
0
and
1.
The
binary (base
2)
numbering system uses sequences
of
zeros
and ones
to
represent
quantities.
This
is
analogous
to
the
computer's
internal
representation
of data,
using
electrical
values
for
0
and
1.
bit
Binary
digit;
the smallest
unit of
memory
in
the computer, capable
of
representing the
values 0
and
1
break
To
interrupt
execution
of
a program.
In
BASIC,
the
statement
STOP
causes a break
in
execution,
as does
pressing
(BREAK)
.
byte
The
smallest addressable
unit of
memory
in
the
computer,
consisting
of
8 consecutive
bits,
and
capable
of
representing
256
different
values,
e.g.,
decimal values from 0
to
255.
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