Tracks

Addressable, concentric circles on a disk, resembling the grooves on a record, which help to divide the disk into separate accessible areas.

VGA

Video Graphics Array. A type of high-resolution display adapter. The VGA adapter built into the system board of your computer can display 16-color graphics at resolutions up to 800 x 600 on a compatible VGA monitor.

Video card

A display adapter card that can be installed in one of the computer’s option slots to provide a monitor interface. Your computer comes with a built-in VGA adapter, so you do not need to install a video card if you are going to use this interface.

Write

To store data on a disk.

Write-protect

To protect the data on a diskette from being changed by placing a write-protect tab over the notch on a 5Mnch diskette or by setting the write-protect switch on a 3 S-inch diskette. When a diskette is write-protected, you cannot erase, change, or record over its contents.

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