Apple IIe User Manual
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Extended 80-Column Text Card:
A circuit board that doubles the number of characters shown
across the screen and doubles the memory of the computer from 64K to 128K.
Extended 80-Column Text/AppleColor Adapter Card:
A circuit board that you can plug into the
AUX. CONNECTOR slot to double the number of characters shown across the screen, to double RAM
from 64K to 128K, and to allow you to connect an RGB-style color monitor to your Apple IIe.
file:
A collection of information that you store on a disk.
file management:
A general term for copying files, deleting files, and for other housekeeping
chores involving the contents of disks.
filename:
The name you give your file before you save it on a disk.
filer:
A set of programs that control and manipulate the files on disks.
firmware:
Another name for the programs in ROM (read-only memory).
It's more permanent than
the software in RAM (random-access memory) thus the name.
flexible disk:
Another name for floppy disk. See disk.
floppy disk:
Disks are called floppy disks or floppies because they're made of flexible
plastic.
format:
To divide a disk into sections where information can be stored.
Disks must be
formatted before you can save information on them.
Also called initializing.
FORTH:
A programming language.
game program:
A program designed for entertainment.
graphics:
A fancy word for computer pictures.
hacker:
A person who is on a first-name basis with RAM, ROM, and the microprocessor.
A person
who'd rather write application programs than use store-bought programs.
hand controls:
Computer accessories that move creatures and objects in game programs.
hard copy:
A printed copy of something produced with the computer.
hard disk:
A disk that is permanently sealed inside a mass storage device, like the ProFile.
hardware:
Those parts of the computer that you can see and touch. The computer and the
machines that attach to it:
the disk drive, printer, and other peripheral devices.
Compare
software.
HOME:
An Applesoft BASIC command that clears the screen but doesn't erase what's in memory.
home control devices:
Devices that can control things like the temperature of your home, turn
your lamps on and off, and monitor things like smoke and burglar alarms.
home finance program:
A program that helps with budgeting, portfolio management, tax planning,
and so on.
Like a spreadsheet only easier to use.
/vO ERROR:
A message you get when there's a problem with the way information is being
exchanged with peripheral devices.
I/O stands for input/output.
icon:
A symbol, like the symbol on the back panel of the computer that shows you where to plug