Apple IIgs - Manual (Page 83)

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telecommunications: The exchanging of information with other computers over phone lines. To
telecommunicate, you need a computer, a modem, communications software, and a similar setup on
the other end of the phone line. You can telecommunicate with other personal computers or with
commercial information services.
template: A form or an electronic overlay. For example, spreadsheet templates allow
nonaccountant-types to use spreadsheet applications.
text generator: Firmware that prints characters on the screen in response to keypresses.
text mode: Information that is sent to the display in the form of characters that fit in a
40-column by 24-line grid or in an 80-column by 24-line grid.
thermal transfer printer: A printer that works by heating small points that produce dots on
special heat-sensitive paper.
3.5-inch disk: A disk 3.5 inches in diameter. The most common storage medium used with the
Apple IIgs. It can store 800K of information (approximately 400 pages of text). Compare
5.25-inch disk.
title bar: The horizontal bar at the top of a window that shows the name of the window's
contents and lets you move the window.
track: One of numerous concentric bands into which a formatted disk is divided. Compare sector.
transmitting device: The computer that is sending information.
troubleshooting: Diagnosing a problem and (hopefully) solving it. It's best to get peripheral
devices that work automatically with the Apple IIgs so you won't have personal experience with
this activity.
turtle: A cursor shaped like a triangle. Using Logo programming commands like FORWARD, BACK,
LEFT, RIGHT, you can move the turtle around the screen and create graphics.
Up Arrow: A key you can press (in some applications) to make the cursor move up one line.
user group: A computer club whose members share programs they've written and information
they've learned.
user ID: A number that identifies you as a subscriber to an information service.
user interface: The way a computer application communicates with you.
utilities or utility program: A set of applications that controls and manipulates the
information on disks.
vertical-market software: See special-interest application.
video monitor: See monitor.
voice input device: A device that translates the spoken word into a form that some software can
process.
volume name: The name of a disk or its main directory. Compare pathname.
window: With mouse-based applications, one or more areas on the screen showing one or more
documents at a time.