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Epson Endeavor User Manual

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RS-232C

A widely used, standard type of serial communication. You can

connect an RS232C device to either of the computer’s built-in

RS-232C serial ports.

Sector

A small section of a disk track (typically 512 bytes long) that

provides an address at which the computer can store and

retrieve data. See also Track.

Self test

See Power-on diagnostics.

Serial

The type of communication that transmits data from a serial

interface to a serial device, one bit at a time, over a single wire.

See also Interface and Parallel.

Shadow RAM

The feature in your computer that automatically copies the

contents of the system, video, and any external BIOS ROMs

into the RAM area of memory to speed up processing.

SIMM

See Memory module.

Software

The collection of instructions (or programs) that tell your

computer hardware to perform the tasks and functions you

specify. See also Hardware and Program.

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