serial

A way of organizing communications between two pieces of computer equipment in which the signals that make up each character are sent sequentially. See also Parallel.

Shadow RAM

The function that copies the system BIOS and video BIOS from ROM into RAM to speed up performance.

SIMMSee Memory Module.VGAVideo Graphics Array. A high-resolution (640 x 430) display adapter standard.Write-protect

To prevent a diskette from being overwritten. When a diskette is write-protected, you cannot erase, change, or record over its contents.

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