Tandy 1000 MS-DOS Reference Manual page 371

[ \
1 ,
,
,
,
I ,
1-..-_-
directory
disk file
display
drive
dummy
argument
dump
error
ext or
extension
external
commands
filename
filespec
filter
Glossary
A disk area that keeps track of your files.
Each disk may have several directories,
each of which may contain several subdirec-
tories or files or both.
A disk area in which you store information.
Text or graphics that appears on the video
screen of your computer.
The mechanical portion of your computer's
magnetic storage device.
A command parameter that is to be
replaced before the command can execute
successfully. The replacement parameter or
value can come from a program or from
operator input.
Send data or information to a device. You
could dump a screen (text on the monitor)
to a disk or dump a buffer to a printer.
Text on the screen that indicates a problem.
See Section VI for a description of error
messages.
An appendage to a filename, 1-3 characters
long, that provides further identification.
Extensions often indicate a type of file such
as maillist.bas where .bas is the extension
and indicates a BASIC file.
Procedures or utilities not resident in mem-
ory. External commands must be loaded
from disk into the computer before they can
be executed.
The name given to a file. It may be 1-8
characters long.
A filename plus its extension, such as
MEMOS.bas.
A function that performs a specific opera-
tion on data (such as sorting or searching)
as it flows between 2 devices (such as disk
and a printer), or between files.
347