CP/M:
Acronym for Control Program for Microcomputers. A
Commonly used disk operating system.
Cursor:
A character, usually a blinking line or box on a computer
screen, that indicates where the next character will be
entered, replaced or deleted.
Cylinder:
Data on a fixed disk aie recorded in circular patterns called
tracks, which are divided into sectors. Usually several
tracks
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from two to eight, depending on drive type, for ex-
ample
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are in effect “stacked” one above the other. Such a
“stack of tracks” is termed a cylinder.
Daisy-Chain:
Two Siders connected in a series to a computer, doubling
the system’s total fixed disk storage capacity.
Default:
A predetermined value or option used by the computer sys-
tem when no other information has been specified.
Destination Slot:
The expansion slot inside a computer containing the expan-
sion card to which or through which data is copied, trans-
ferred or altered.
Detailing:
The process of adjusting the size of the volumes in an
operat- ing system partition.
Device Drlvers:
A device or complete set of instructions that controls com-
munication between an operating system and peripheral
device.
Diagnostics:
A program that identifies and diagnoses enors and defects
in the computer’s micro-circuitry or on the fixed disk.
Directory:
A file that lists the name of each file and information the
computer uses to trace the file’s physical location on the dis-
kette and its cunent status. Called a catalog in DOS.
Controller
Card:
A printed circuit card that connects one or two disk drives
to a computer and controls their operation.
Disk Drive:
A device that writes information onto, and reads informa-
tion form the surface of magnetic disk storage media.
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