Epson Equity 386/25, User Manual

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Expanded memory
Memory that specially written MS-DOS application programs
can use with an Expanded Memory Specification (EMS) device
driver such as EMM386.SYS.
Extended Memory
Memory above 1MB that is accessed by the protected mode of
the 80386 microprocessor and is available to some application
programs and operating systems.
Extended VGA mode
Special features of the built-in VGA adapter available when you
are using certain display drivers and a multi-frequency monitor.
These features include 132-column text mode and resolutions up
to 800
x
600 in 16 colors. See also Super-extended VGA
mode.
Extension
A suffix of up to three characters that you can add to a filename
to better identify it.
File
A group of related pieces of information called records, or
entries, stored together on a disk. Text files consist of words and
sentences. Program files consist of codes and are used by
computers to interpret and carry out instructions.
Filename
A name up to eight characters long that MS-DOS uses to
identify a file.
Fixed disk
See Hard disk.
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