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Machine status: Refers to the code in the status line that tells
you whether the machine is ready (R) or not ready (N), or re-
quires you to wait (W).
Manual fields: Any field that the machine doesn't automati-
cally process.
Modem: The telephone used when doing Communications
operations.
Numeric shift: The top character on each key (except A and
Z).
Offline: An operation you are currently doing with a previ-
ously keyed job when doing a Field Totals operation.
Online: A Field Totals operations done while keying.
Program: A set of instructions that tell the machine what to
do with data as you key it.
Program chaining: A method used for automatic program
selection.
Program code: .The characters that make up a program.
Program field: A field containing program code characters to
specify the type of field, program shift, and length of the field.
Program number: The number in the status line that gives the
storage area number of the program you are currently using.
Program shift code: The letters in the status line that indicate
the program shift (alpha or numeric) of the current and next
character to be keyed respectively.
Record: A piece of data no more than 128 characters long
that iS>usually only one part of a related set of data.
Record address: The track and sector number for a record.
Right adjust: To enter characters at the right end of the field.
Sector: A section in a track on the disk for a record.
Skip field: A field in which data is erased as the machine ad-
vances beyond it.
Source document: Material containing the information you
are keying (that is, the records you are entering).
Status line: The top line on the display screen. Gives infor-
mation such as cursor position, record address, and machine
mode.
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