IBM C79EGMST manual Glossary, 181

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Glossary

This glossary includes terms and

BIOS

(Basic

Input/Output

System)

.

definitions

from IBMthe Dictionary

ofMicrocode

that

contains

such

basic

Computing

(New

York: McGraw-Hill,

hardware

operations

as

interactions

with

1994).

diskette drives, hard disk drives, and the

ac .

Alternating

current.

keyboard.

ac

power .

bitmap

graphics

.

(1)

A

form

of graphics

Power

that

is

suppliedin towhichthe all

points on

the

display

are

computer

through

an

electrical

outlet.

directly addressable. (2) In multimedia

Advanced

Power

Management

(APM)

.

applications,

a

form

of

graphics

in

an

area

of

computer

memory

or

storage

that

A

facility

consisting

of

one

or

more

layers

as

an

image.

of software that support power

can

be

displayed

management in computers with powerboot . To prepare a computer system for

manageable

hardware. The

APM

operation

by

loading

an

operating

software

interface

allows

applications,

system.

operating

systems,

device

drivers,

and

the APM BIOS to work together tobps .

Bits

per

second. In

serial

reduce

power

consumption,

without transmission,

the

instantaneous

bit

speed

reducing

system

performance.

with

which

a

device

or

channel

transmits

ANSI .

American

National

Standards

a

character.

Institute.

bus .

A

facility

for

transferring

data

APM .

between

several

devices

located

between

Advanced

Power

Management. two

end

points, only one device being

application

program

able

to transmit at a given moment.

.

A

program

that

performs specific tasks on your cache memory

.

A

special

memory,

computer,

such

as

word

processing

or

creating

spreadsheets.

smaller and faster than main memory,

that

is

used to

hold

a

copy

of

instructions

ASCII .

American

National

Standard

and

data

in

main

memory

that

are

likely

to

be needed

next

by

the

processor, and

Code

for

Information

Interchange.

that have been obtained automatically

ATA

PC

Card

.

A

PC

Card

with

an

from

main

memory.

AT

attachment

hard

disk

drive

interface

such

disc-interactive.

as

a

storage

device

PC

Card.

CD-i .

Compact

AUTOEXEC.BAT

cold

docking

.

Docking

the

computer

to

.

A

file

that

contains

a

the docking station when the computer is

startup

procedure

of

DOS. Each

time

off.

powered

you start your system, DOS performs the

commands

that

are

stored

in

this file.

keys

.

Keys

that

have

combination

backup copy

specific

functions

when

you

hold

them

.

A

copy,

usually

of

a

file

the

same

time.

down

at

or group of files, that is kept in case

the

original

file

or

files

are

unintentionally

.

A

file

that

contains

a

changed

or

destroyed.

CONFIG.SYS

group of

commands

to

load

installable

batch .

device

drivers

and

reserve

space

in

A

process

method

in

which

a

memory

for

information

system

program or

programs

records

with

little

or

no

operator

action.

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