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Status indicator bar

A built-in LCD indicator panel that shows how you are using the computer.

Stop bit

A signal sent in serial communications to mark the end of a character.

Subdirectory

A disk directory that branches down from another subdirectory or from the root directory.

Switch

An option you can add to an MS-DOS command that affects the way the command works. See Parameter.

System board

See motherboard.

System diskette

A diskette from which you can boot the operating system. An MS-DOS system diskette must contain the file COMMAND.COM plus two hidden MS-DOSprogram files.

To create a system diskette, use the /S switch with the FORMAT command (for example, FORMAT A: /S).

Target diskette

The diskette to which you are copying files, as opposed to the source diskette (the diskette from which you are copying files).

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