Toshiba A100 User Manual page 160

driver: A software program, generally part of the operating system, that
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echo: To send back a reflection of the transmitted data to the sending
EGA: Enhanced Graphics Adapter. A video display protocol defined by the
erase: See delete.
escape guard time: A time before and after an escape code is sent to the
escape: 1) A code (ASCII code 27), signaling the computer that what
execute: To interpret and execute an instruction.
Extended Capability Port: An industry standard that provides a data
F
fast infrared: An industry standard that enables cableless infrared serial
file: A collection of related information; a file can contain data, programs, or
firmware: A set of instructions built into the hardware which controls and
fixed disk: See hard disk.
floppy disk drive (FDD): See diskette drive.
floppy disk: See diskette.
folder: An icon in Windows used to store documents or other folders.
format: The process of readying a blank disk for its first use. Formatting
function keys: The keys labeled F1 through F12 that tell the computer to
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controls a specific piece of hardware (frequently a peripheral device
such as a printer or mouse).
device. You can display the information on the screen, or output it to
the printer, or both. When a computer receives back data it
transmitted to a CRT (or other peripheral device) and then
retransmits the data to the printer, the printer is said to echo the
CRT.
IBM Enhanced Graphics Adapter and its associated circuitry for
direct drive TTL displays that supports 16-color/monochrome
640 × 350 and 16-color 640 × 200 and 320 × 200 graphics, and 16-
color 640 × 350 and 320 × 350 text modes.
modem which distinguishes between escapes that are part of the
transmitted data, and escapes that are intended as a command to
the modem.
follows are commands; used with peripheral devices such as
printers and modems.
2) A means of aborting the task currently in progress.
buffer, switchable forward and reverse data transmission, and run
length encoding (RLE) support.
data transfer at speeds of up to 4 Mbps.
both.
directs a microprocessor's activities.
establishes the structure of the disk that the operating system
expects before it writes files or programs onto the disk.
perform certain functions.
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