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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