Cursor Control Keys; Data Capture - AMSTRAD CPC464 User Manual

Compiler
A complex program that converts complete programs written in a high level interpretive
languages like BASIC into a the direct instruction code of the microprocessor, thereby
enabling operation at much greater speeds.
Computer generations
Technological landmarks have delineated several distinct steps in computer technology, and
the groupings within these various strata are known as the 'generations'of design
technologies.
Computer literacy
Another grandiose expression meaning understanding computers.
CP/M
Digital Research's de facto standard for 8-bit computer disk operating sytems.
CPU
Central Processing Unit. The component at the heart of any computer system that interprets
instructions to the computer and causes them to be obeyed, in a microcomputer, the CPU is
the microprocesor device itself.
Cursor
A movable marker, indicating where the next character is to appear on the screen.

Cursor control keys

Keys that move the Cursor around the screen, and are frequently used to control the
direction of action in arcade games, indicated by arrows printed on the top.
Daisy-wheel printer
A printer that can produce high quality or 'typewriter quality' documents. Printed characters
are created by the impact of letters against the ink or film ribbon.
Database
An array of any type of data in a variety of computer addressable formats.

Data Capture

The term which describes the collection of data ftom any outside sources that are linked in
some way to a central computer.
Debugging
The process of fixing the bugs in a program by a combination of 'suck it and see'and more
scientific methods.