Apple IIe User Manual
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CAI:
See computer-aided instruction.
Caps Lock:
A key that you can lock into place so that subsequent letters you type will come
out capitalized.
Caps Lock doesn't affect non-alphabet keys.
card:
A circuit board that you can plug into a slot inside the Apple IIe to expand the
computer's memory, enhance its video capabilities, or give it the means to communicate with a
peripheral device like a printer or a modem.
CAT:
A ProDOS command that you can use to examine the contents of a disk.
CAT is short for
catalog.
catalog:
A list of all the files on a disk.
Sometimes called a directory.
Catalyst:
A program manager produced by Quark.
characters:
Letters, numbers, and other symbols used to communicate with a computer.
character generator ROM:
The integrated circuit responsible for printing characters on the
screen.
chip:
A small wafer containing thousands of microscopic components.
circuit board:
A collection of integrated circuits (chips) on a board.
click:
The act of pressing the mouse button.
You click the mouse when you want to select
something from a list in a mouse-driven program.
clock card:
An interface card that keeps time.
A clock card can work with software to control
when files are sent to a remote computer, when a given appliance is turned on or off, and it
can mark the time and date a file was last revised.
COBOL:
An acronym for Common Business Oriented Language.
A business-oriented programming
language especially suited to applications involving large amounts of data.
code:
To write a program.
Can also refer to the lines of the program.
column:
A way of designating the width of the computer's display.
A column is one character
wide.
The standard Apple IIe can display 40 columns of characters.
An Apple IIe with an
80-column text card can display 80 columns of characters.
command:
A word or character that causes the computer to do something.
communications software:
Programs that make it possible to exchange information with other
computers.
compiler:
A computer program that translates a language, such as Pascal, into a language the
computer can understand.
A compiler translates the entire program just once.
Compare
interpreter.
computer:
A machine that processes words and numbers faster than a food processor can slice
potatoes.
Not particularly creative or intuitive, but very good at repetitious tasks.
computer-aided design:
Software for creating three-dimensional drawings.
computer-aided instruction:
Learning something (math, history, home economics, or anything
else) with the help of a computer program.