Terms Chapter One

2 , 6 , 8 , 9 , A , B , C , D , E , F , G , H , I , J , K , L , M , N , O , P , R , S , T , U , V , W , X

2

• 24
  • bit color [1]
  • pin [1]

6

• 640 x 480 [1]

8

• 8 bit color [1]

9

• 9-pin [1]

A

• accumulator [1]
• address [1]
• American Standard Code for Information Interchange [1]
• analog [1]
• application [1]
• arithmetic and logic
  • uni [1]
  • unit [1]
• ASCII [1]
• At Ease [1]
• Atari [1]

B

• bar code [1]
• baud [1]
• rate [1]
• Bernoulli [1]
• bit [1]
• bit-map [1] [2]
• bits per second [1]
• black-and-white television [1]
• boot [1]
• bulletin board [1]
• bus [1]
• byte [1]

C

• cassette tape [1]
• cathode ray tube [1]
• CD-ROM [1]
• cellular modem [1]
• central processing unit [1]
• character [1]
• click [1] [2]
  [3]
• clock [1] [2]
  • cycle [1]
• close [1]
• color monitor [1] [2]
  [3]
• command line interface [1] [2]
• compression [1]
• copy file [1]
• cpi [1]
• CPU [1] [2]
  [3] [4]
• Cray [1]
• create a new document [1]
• CRT [1] [2]
• cursor [1] [2]
  [3]
• cut-and-paste [1]

D

• DAC [1]
• daisy-wheel printer [1]
• DAT [1]
• data [1]
• DEC [1]
• DeskJet [1]
• desktop computer [1]
• DeskWriter [1]
• dialog box [1]
• digital information [1] [2]
  [3]
• digital technology [1]
• digital/audio converter [1]
• directory [1]
• icon [1]
• document [1]
• doming [1]
• dot pitch [1]
• dot-matrix [1]
• Dot-matrix printer [1]
• dots per inch [1]
• double-click [1]
• dpi [1] [2]
• DR-DOS [1]
• drag [1] [2]
• drive icon [1] [2]

E

• e-mail [1]
• Electromagnetic storage [1]
• electronic memory [1] [2]
• empty trash [1]
• Epson [1]
• erase file [1]
• error checking [1]

F

• FAX [1]
• FAX-modem [1] [2]
• file [1] [2]
  • icon [1]
• File
  • icons [1]
  • menu [1]
• file name [1]
• Finder [1]
• Floppy disk [1] [2]
• floppy drive [1] [2]
  [3]
• folder [1]
• font [1]
• format [1] [2]
• frame rate [1]

G

• graphical user interface [1]
• Graphical
  • user interface [1]
  • User Interface [1]
• GUI [1] [2]
  [3]

H

• hard disk [1]
• Hard disk [1]
• hard drive [1] [2]
• Hewlett-Packard [1]
• highlight [1]
• HP
  • LaserJet [1]
  • printer [1]

I

• IBM compatibles [1]
• IBM-compatible [1]
• icon [1]
• ImageWriter [1]
• information [1]
• ink-jet [1]
• Ink-jet printer [1] [2]
• Input and Output [1]
• input device [1]
• Input Devices [1]
• instruction
  • control unit [1]
  • counter [1]
  • register [1]
• integrated circuit [1]
• Intel [1]
• Internet [1]

J

• joystick [1]

K

• keyboard [1] [2]
  [3]
• keyset [1]
• kinds of files [1]

L

• landscape [1]
• laptop [1]
• laser [1]
• printe [1]
  • printer [1]
• LaserWriter [1]
• LCD [1]
• letter-quality [1]
• library services [1]
• liquid crystal display [1]

M

• Mac System [1]
• Macintosh [1] [2]
  • System [1]
• magnetic media [1]
• magnetoptical [1]
• mass storage [1] [2]
• memory address [1]
• menu [1] [2]
• microchip [1]
• microprocessor [1]
• MIDI interface [1] [2]
• MIDI
  • keyboard [1]
  • standard [1]
• modem [1] [2]
• monitor [1] [2]
  [3] [4]
• monochrome monitor [1] [2]
  [3]
• monospaced font [1]
• Motorola [1]
• mouse [1] [2]
  [3]
  • button [1] [2]
• MS-DOS [1]
• multi-sync monitor [1]
• multi-tasking [1]

N

• New [1]
• NTSC [1]
• nybble [1]

O

• object [1] [2]
  [3]
• OCR [1]
• on/off [1]
• open a
  • document [1]
  • window [1]
• operating system [1] [2]
  [3] [4] [5]
• Operating Systems [1]
• Optical
  • character recognition [1]
  • storage [1]
• Optomagnetic [1]
• OS/2 [1]

P

• parallel
  • communication [1]
  • processing [1]
• Pentium [1]
• peripherals [1]
• pixel [1] [2]
  [3] [4]
• plotter [1]
• point [1] [2]
  [3]
• point and
  • click [1]
  • drag [1]
• pop-up window [1]
• portrait [1]
• PostScript [1] [2]
• Power PC [1]
• printer [1]
• font [1]
• Printers [1]
• program [1]
• icon [1]
• proportional font [1]
• pulse [1]

R

• RAM [1] [2]
  [3]
• reel-to-reel tape [1]
• refresh rate [1]
• register [1]
• resize [1]
• resolution [1] [2]
  [3]
• RGB [1]
• monitor [1]
• ribbon [1]
• RISC [1]
• ROM [1] [2]
  [3]
• root directory [1]

S

• sampling [1]
• card [1]
• Save [1]
• save a document [1] [2]
• Save as [1] [2]
• scan rate [1]
• scanner [1]
• screen font [1]
• scroll [1]
• bar [1]
• select [1]
• serial communication [1] [2]
• shadow mask [1]
• Silicon Graphics [1]
• SIMM [1]
• soon and often [1]
• start a program [1]
• storage devices [1]
• StyleWriter [1]
• Sun [1]
• Supercomputer [1]
• Syquest [1]
• system software [1]

T

• tape cartridge [1]
• task-switching [1]
• television [1]
• touch-sensitive screen [1]
• trackball [1]
• transfer rate [1]
• trash icon [1]
• Trinitron [1]
• typeface [1]
• typewriter [1]

U

• Unix [1]
• UPC symbols [1]

V

• VDT [1]
• vector [1]
• video
  • camera [1]
  • display terminal [1]
  • monitor [1]

W

• window [1]
• Windows [1]
• word size [1] [2]
• WORM [1]
• WYSIWY [1]
• WYSIWYG [1]

X

• X-window [1]