Monochrome monitor

A monitor that displays in only one color, such as green or amber, as opposed to a color monitor which can display in several colors.

MS-DOS

An operating system from Microsoft. See DOS, Operating system.

Operating system

A collection of programs that allow a computer to control its operations. The operating system determines how programs run on the computer and supervises all input and output-for example, MS-DOS.

Option card

A card you install inside the Equity I+ main unit to provide additional capabilities, such as more memory or a hard disk drive.

Parallel

The type of interface which transmits data in groups of bits. See Inter- face, Serial.

Partition

To divide a hard disk drive into separate sections for use by different operating systems.

Peripheral

A device (such as a printer or a modem) connected to a computer that depends on the computer for its operation.

Port

A physical input/output socket on a computer where you can connect a peripheral.

Program

A disk file that contains coded instructions and tells a computer what to do and how to do it.

RAM

Random Accesss Memory. The part of memory that a computer can both read and write to. The programs you use are temporarily stored in RAM. All data stored in RAM is erased when you turn off the power.

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