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Epson EQUITY 3865X/20 PLUS User Manual

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Interleave factor

The number of physical sectors on a disk drive that the
computer skips when reading consecutive logical sectors the

same track. An interleave factor of 1:1 indicates that the data is

stored on the drive in adjacent sectors. Larger ratios indicate

that the data is not stored sequentially.

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 that

the computer requires to operate.

Math coprocessor

An optional device that enables the computer to process certain

mathematical calculations faster.