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Epson 3865X Plus User Manual

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CGA

Color Graphics Adapter. A type of display adapter card that can
generate up to 25 lines of text with 80 characters on each line,
monochrome graphics at 640

x

200 resolution, or four-color

graphics at 320

x

200 resolution.

Character

Anything that can be printed in a single space on the page or

the screen; includes numbers, letters, punctuation marks, and

graphic symbols.

CMOS

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. A type of

low-power silicon chip.

Code

A system of symbols for representing data or instructions. Also
any software program or part of a program.

Command

An instruction you enter (usually on a keyboard) to direct your

computer to perform a specific function.

Command prompt

The symbol or message that tells you MS-DOS is loaded and

ready to receive instructions. The default command prompt
displays the current drive and directory. If you are logged onto
drive C, the command prompt looks like this:

C

: \ >.

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