Epson ActionNote 4SLC/33 User Manual - Page 157

Extended memory, External device, Floppy disk, Format, Floppy disk drive. See Diskette

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Extended memory Memory with addresses above lMB. Extended memory is generally not available to MS-DOS applications but can be used by some RAM disk programs, such as VDISK, and some hard disk caching programs, such as SMARTDRV. Extended memory can also be used with OS/2 and some versions of Windows. External device See Peripheral device. FDD Floppy disk drive. See Diskette drive. File A group of related pieces of information (sometimes called records or entries) stored together on a disk. Text files consist of words and sentences. Program files consist of codes, which computers use to perform instructions. Floppy disk See Diskette. Fn A key provided on the ActionNote keyboard to access alternate key functions for the embedded numeric keypad and the and keys. Format To prepare a new disk (or erase an old one) so that it can store information. Formatting a disk divides it into tracks and sectors and creates addressable locations on it. 10 Glossary

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Extended memory
Memory with addresses above lMB. Extended memory is
generally not available to MS-DOS applications but can be used
by some RAM disk programs, such as VDISK, and some hard
disk caching programs, such as SMARTDRV. Extended
memory can also be used with OS/2 and some versions of
Windows.
External device
See
Peripheral device.
FDD
Floppy disk drive. See Diskette
drive.
File
A group of related pieces of information (sometimes called
records or entries) stored together on a disk. Text files consist of
words and sentences. Program files consist of codes, which
computers use to perform instructions.
Floppy disk
See
Diskette.
Fn
A key provided on the ActionNote keyboard to access alternate
key functions for the embedded numeric keypad and the
and
keys.
Format
To prepare a new disk (or erase an old one) so that it can store
information. Formatting a disk divides it into tracks and sectors
and creates addressable locations on it.
10 Glossary