Glossary - Atari Faicon030 Owner's Manual

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.ACC
The desk accessory extension .
ACSI Atari Computer S ystem I n terface. ACSI is a hardware and software control
procedure used to connect dev ices to the computer's Hard Disk port ( DMA
channe l ) .
active w i ndow
desktop operations such as selecting, copyi ng, mov i ng, and deleting i tems. The
act i ve window is the only w i ndow that you can scro l l , update, move, or resize.
alert box
boxes are punctuated with stop signs, question marks, or exclamation points .
. APP
An execu�able GEM program fil e extension.
application
result, and can be executed by a computer. That i s , the computer i s appli ed to the
task. ( See program . )
back u p
i nformation i s not lost if the disk is accidentally damaged or erased.
baud
The standard unit of transmission speed of data through a modem, calculated
in signaling elements per second.
baud rate
usual l y from one computer through a modem to another computer.
The w i ndow on G E M D e s ktop that i s curre n t l y a v a i l ab l e for
A dialog box designed to bring somet h i ng to your attention. Alert d i alog
A program written to solve a specific problem or produce a spec i fic
T o make a n archive copy o f a disk o r file. B acking u p disks ensures that
The speed at which data are tra n s m i tted from one source to another,

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