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The MS-DOS device name for the con-
sole, which includes your computers
keyboard and text displayed on the
screen.
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When you boot your computer, MS-DOS
runs any commands contained in the text
file, config.sys (before running any com-
mands in the autoexec.bat file). A
config.sys file is not required to boot
MS-DOS, but provides a convenient place
to run commands that are essential for
setting up a consistent computing environ-
mentsuch as loading device drivers with
a device= statement.
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A terminal that is attached to a filers serial
port and is used to monitor and manage
filer operation.
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A chip or expansion card that controls the
transfer of data between the micro-
processor and a peripheral, such as a disk
drive or the keyboard.
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The first 640 KB of RAM. Unless they are
specially designed, MS-DOS programs
are limited to running in conventional
memory. See also EMM, expanded mem-
ory, extended memory, HMA, memory
manager, upper memory area, and XMM.
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A coprocessor relieves the computers
microprocessor of specific processing
tasks. A math coprocessor, for example,
handles numeric processing. A graphics
coprocessor handles video rendering. The
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microprocessor includes a
built-in math coprocessor.
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Abbreviation for characters per inch.
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Abbreviation for central processing unit.
See also microprocessor.
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In character-based MS-DOS programs,
the cursor is usually a block or an under-
score (possibly blinking) that represents
the position at which the next character
typed will appear. Windows programs can
design their own cursorscommon cur-
sor symbols include the pointer arrow and
the text-insertion I-beam.
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Acronym for digital-to-analog converter.
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Acronym for digital audio tape.
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Abbreviation for decibel(s).
G%$
Abbreviation for adjusted decibel(s).
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Abbreviation for direct current.
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Acronym for display data channel. A
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standard mechanism that allows
the system to communicate with the
monitor and retrieve information about its
capabilities.
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The Dell OpenManage program is a DMI
browser that allows you to view informa-
tion about various components of your
system.
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A device driver allows the operating sys-
tem or a program to interface correctly
with a peripheral, such as a printer or net-
work card. Some device driverssuch as
network driversmust be loaded from
the config.sys file (with a device= state-
ment) or as memory-resident programs
(usually, from the autoexec.bat file). Oth-
erssuch as video driversmust load
when you start the program for which they
were designed.
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