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Expanded, Fast-page, Format – Epson EISA Desktop User Manual

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Expanded

memory

Memory that specially written MS-DOS application programs

can use with an Expanded Memory Specification (EMS) device

driver.

Extended

Memory

Memory above 1MB that is accessed by the protected mode of

the microprocessor and is available to some application

programs and operating systems.

Fast-page

mode

A dynamic memory mode that allows successive addresses to

access the same DRAM page by changing the column addresses.

FLASH memory

Non-volatile, rewritable, random access memory. Your

computer’s CPU-dependent BIOS information is stored in a

FLASH memory device.

Format

To prepare a new disk (or an old one you want to reuse) so that

it can store information. Formatting divides a disk into tracks

and sectors and creates addressable locations on it.

Graphics

Lines, angles, curves, and other nonalphanumeric data.

Hexadecimal

A numbering system with a base of 16, frequently used by

programmers. Any decimal number between 0 and 255 can be

expressed by a two-digit hexadecimal number.

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