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Diskette A flat piece of flexible plastic coated with magnetic material and used to store data permanently. Also called floppy disk. DOS The Disk Operating System that controls the computer's input and output functions. See Operating system. Double-density A type of diskette format that allows you to store twice as much data as the standarddensity format. A double-density diskette for the Equity III has a storage capacity of 360KB. File A group of related pieces of information called records, or entries, stored together on disk. Text files consist of words and sentences. Program files consist of code and are used by computers to interpret and carry out instructions. Floppy disk See Diskette. Format To prepare a new disk (or erase an old one) so that it can receive information. Formatting a disk divides it into tracks and sectors and creates addressable locations on it. GW-BASIC Microsoft's extended version of the Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. A programming language designed to be easy to use and understand. Hard disk The enclosed unit used to store data permanently. Unlike a floppy disk, it is fixed in place. It can process data more rapidly and store many more files than a floppy disk. Hardware Any physical component of a computer system, such as a monitor, printer, keyboard, or CPU. High-density A type of diskette format that allows you to store up to 1.2MB of data. B-3

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Diskette
A flat piece of flexible plastic coated with magnetic material and used
to store data permanently. Also called floppy disk.
DOS
The Disk Operating System that controls the computer’s input and
output functions. See Operating system.
Double-density
A
type of diskette format that allows you to store twice as much data
as the standarddensity format. A double-density diskette for the
Equity III has a storage capacity of 360KB.
File
A group of related pieces of information called records, or entries,
stored together on disk. Text files consist of words and sentences.
Program files consist of code and are used by computers to interpret
and carry out instructions.
Floppy disk
See Diskette.
Format
To prepare a new disk (or
erase
an old one) so that it can receive
information. Formatting a disk divides it into tracks and sectors and
creates addressable locations on it.
GW-BASIC
Microsoft’s extended version of the Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic
Instruction Code. A programming language designed to be easy to
use and understand.
Hard disk
The enclosed unit used to store data permanently. Unlike a floppy
disk, it is fixed in place. It can process data more rapidly and store
many more files than a floppy disk.
Hardware
Any physical component of a computer system, such as a monitor,
printer, keyboard, or CPU.
High-density
A type of diskette format that allows you to store up to 1.2MB of
data.
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