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echo: To send back a reflection of the transmitted data to the sending
erase: See delete.
escape: 1) A code (ASCII code 27), signaling the computer that what
escape guard time: A time before and after an escape code is sent to the
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
floppy diskette: A removable disk that stores magnetically encoded data.
floppy diskette drive (FDD): An electromechanical device that reads and
Fn-esse: A TOSHIBA utility that allows you to assign functions to hot keys.
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
G
gigabyte (GB): A unit of data storage equal to 1024 megabytes.
graphics: Drawings, pictures, or other images, such as charts or graphs, to
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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 printer, the printer is said to echo the CRT.
follows are commands; used with peripheral devices such as
printers and modems.
2) A means of aborting the task currently in progress.
modem which distinguishes between escapes that are part of the
transmitted data, and escapes that are intended as a command to
the modem.
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.
writes to floppy diskettes.
establishes the structure of the disk that the operating system
expects before it writes files or programs onto the disk.
perform certain functions.
See also megabyte.
present information.
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