Octagon 4010, User Manual

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Preface – 2
SYMBOLS AND TERMINOLOGY
Throughout this manual, the following symbols and terminology
are used:
W[ – ] Denotes a jumper block and the pins to
connect.
Autoexecution Automatic execution of a program on power–
up or reset.
BIOS drive The solid–state disk which contains the
system BIOS and ROM–DOS.
Console Port Video card or COM1 where BIOS and DOS
messages appear and keyboard input is
available.
Control Card Contains the CPU, memory, and operating
system and controls the operation of all the
extension cards.
DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory devices.
DRAMs provide volatile memory with
unlimited read and write cycles.
Expansion Card The expansion cards add I/O functions to the
Micro PC system, such as analog input/
output, digital input/output, motion control,
display, and so on.
Flash memory Electrically erasable EPROM which allows
approximately 10,000 writes.
Memory device The type of static RAM, DRAM, flash memory
or EPROM specified for either volatile or
nonvolatile memory.
PC SmartLINK A serial communications software package
designed by Octagon for use with the 4010
Control Card. Refers to all versions of PC
SmartLINK.
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