Atari Faicon030 Owner's Manual page 185

Falcon030
Owner's Manual
R G B The co l o r s i g n a l s that the c o m p u ter produces to c re ate i t s spe c i a l c o l o r
display. The combi nations of different i n tensities each o f red, green, and blue
enable you to create thousands of colors w ith most Atari TOS computers.
ROM
The part of the computer ' s memory contain i ng the operati n g system. ROM
never changes, and retains its i n formation with or without power to the computer.
ROM is an acronym for Read-Only Memory.
root d i rectory
directory is specified by the disk identifier alone (such as A :\).
RS232
An industry-standard connection for serial peripherals. The RS232 port on
the back of the computer i s l abeled Modem.'This port is sometimes referred to as
the serial port.
scroll
Scroll ing allows different areas of a w indow to be displayed. You can scro l l
left, right, u p , o r down.
scroll bar
edges. The scroll bars contai n the scroll arrows and are shaded if part of the
w indow ' s contents cannot be seen. The l arger the shaded portion, the greater the
percentage of the w indow ' s contents that is h i dden from view.
sector
A section of a track on a hard or floppy disk. Sectors are usually 1 28 , 256,
5 1 2, or 1 024 bytes long. On a floppy disk, the sectors are 5 1 2 bytes long. ( See
track. )
select i n g
Selected icons and files h i g h light t o indicate the selection.
serial port
( See parallel port . )
sh ift-click
1 0 Glossary
The first d i re c tory d i s p l ayed w he n you open a d i s k . The root
One of two bars that border an active w indow on the bottom and right
C l i c k i n g t h e l eft m o u s e b ut t o n o n a n i c o n , fi l e , o r m e n u o p t i o n .
An i nterface w hich accepts the transmission of data one bit at a t i me .
Clicking w i th t h e mouse button whil e holding down t h e [Shift] key.