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C G A

Color Graphics Adapter. A display adapter card that can

generate up to 25 lines of text with 80 characters on each line,

two-color graphics at 640 x 200 resolution, or four-color

graphics at 320 x 200 resolution.

Chip

A piece of silicon containing miniature transistors and resistors

wrapped in insulating material. Chips process electrical signals

sent to them and then transmit the processed signals to the

computer system. Also called an integrated circuit. See also

CPU.

CMOS

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. A low-power

silicon chip used for RAM and switching applications that is

backed up by a battery.

Command prompt

The symbol or message that displays on the screen to tell you

that the operating system is loaded and ready to receive

instructions. The default MS-DOS command prompt displays

the current drive and directory. If you are logged onto drive C,

the command prompt may look like this:

C

: \>.

configuration

The setup of your computer’s internal and external

components. A typical configuration consists of a computer

with a certain amount of memory, one diskette drive, and one

hard disk drive connected to a monitor, printer, and keyboard.

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