10. GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Alternate Track:
A Track or area of the fixed disk used for reassigning infor-
mation form a defective track.
APPLI-CARD:
An expansion card that supports the CP/M operating system,
produced by Personal Computer Products, Inc. (PCPI)
Application
Compute r p rograms t h a t perform p roblem- solving t asks
Software:
such as accounting or word processing.
Back-up:
A copy of a primary data tile or program to a secondary
medium for safe storage.
Bit:
The smallest unit of information a computer can store, rep-
resented by the digits 0 and 1.
Boot:
Beginning with a permanently stored program in read only
memory (ROM), the progressive loading of computer
programs that perform self-diagnostics and search for other
utility, operating system and application programs during
start-up. With these programs, the computer ‘pulls itself up
by the bootstraps” each time you apply power to it, or reset
it while its operating.
Byte:
A basic unit of information within a computer’s memory,
comprising eight bits and any value from 0 to 255. A byte
represents a single character, such as a letter, number or
punctuation mark.
Catalog:
See “Directory.”
Configuration:
The combination of computer hardware devices and software
programs that compose a computer system includ-
ing computer, monitor, disk drives, printer and other
peripheral devices.
Copy:
To reproduce a program or data from one storage medium
to another medium without altering the original information.
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