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Epson EQUITY 386SX/16 PLUS User Manual

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High-density

A type of format that allows you to store more data than on
single- or double-density diskettes. A

high-density

diskette can store 1.2MB of data. A

high-density

diskette can store 1.44MB of data.

Input/output (l/O) port

See Port.

interface

A physical or software connection used to transmit data
between equipment or programs.

jumper

A small device that connects two pins on an option card, a

disk drive, or the main system board to activate a particular

function.

Key disk

A diskette containing a copy-protected program that must
remain in the diskette drive while you are using the program.

Kilobyte (KB)

A unit used to measure storage space in a computer’s memory

or on a disk. One kilobyte equals 1024 bytes.

LIM 4.0 EMS

Version 4.0 of the Lotus/Intel/Microsoft Expanded Memory

Specification-a protocol that allows certain application

programs to use memory that MS-DOS cannot use.

Main system board

The board built into your computer containing the circuitry

the computer requires to operate.

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