C G A

Color Graphics Adapter. A display adapter card that can generate up to 25 lines of text with 80 characters on each line, two-color graphics at 640 x 200 resolution, or four-color graphics at 320 x 200 resolution.

Chip

A piece of silicon containing miniature transistors and resistors wrapped in insulating material. Chips process electrical signals sent to them and then transmit the processed signals to the computer system. Also called an integrated circuit. See also CPU.

C M O S

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. A low-power silicon chip used for RAM and switching applications that is backed up by a battery.

Command prompt

The symbol or message that displays on the screen to tell you that the operating system is loaded and ready to receive instructions. The default MS-DOS command prompt displays the current drive and directory. If you are logged onto drive C, the command prompt may look like this: C : \>.

configuration

The setup of your computer’s internal and external components. A typical configuration consists of a computer with a certain amount of memory, one diskette drive, and one hard disk drive connected to a monitor, printer, and keyboard.

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