Apple IIe User Manual
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IIe
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disk:
A circle of flexible plastic coated with iron oxide (the same sort of thing they make
cassette tape out of).
You can buy programs pre-recorded on disks, and you save your work on
blank disks.
disk controller card:
A circuit board that provides a connection between the Apple IIe and one
or more disk drives.
disk drive:
A device that loads information from disks into the memory of the computer and
saves information from the memory of the computer onto a disk.
disk drive light:
A light that comes on when your disk drive is loading something from or
storing something on a disk.
When the light is off, it's safe to put disks in and take disks
out of the drive.
When the light is on, don't open the disk drive door.
disk operating system:
Programs that, among other things, control the way information is
loaded into memory, the way the computer works with the information, the way information is
stored on a disk, and the way the computer talks to printers and other peripheral devices.
display:
A general term to describe what you see on your screen when you're using a computer.
DOS:
Short for Disk Operating System. See operating system.
DOS 3.2:
An early Apple II operating system.
DOS stands for Disk Operating System;
3.2 is
the version number.
DOS 3.3:
One of three operating systems used by the Apple IIe. DOS stands for Disk Operating
System;
3.3 is the version number.
dot matrix printer:
A type of printer that forms characters with patterns of dots.
DOWN-ARROW:
A key that you can press (in some programs) to make the cursor move down a line.
download:
To send a file from one computer to another.
drag:
A mouse expression for what you do when you move a block of text or a picture from one
place on the display to another. Dragging involves positioning the mouse pointer on the item to
be dragged, holding the mouse button down, moving the pointer to the new location, and
releasing the button.
drive 1:
The disk drive where you put the program disk you want to start up.
educational software:
Software that teaches something.
Compare courseware and computer-aided
instruction.
80-Column Text Card:
A circuit board that doubles the number of characters shown across the
screen.
END:
An Applesoft BASIC command that marks the conclusion of a program.
envelope:
A paper sleeve that protects disks when they're not in use.
Compare jacket.
error message:
The computer's way of alerting you to a failure in the communication process.
Often accompanied by a beep.
Escape:
A key you can press (in some programs) to get back to the menu or to cancel a
procedure that's in progress.