Epson 386SX User Manual download pdf (Page 274)

Tracks

Addressable, concentric circles on a disk, resembling the

grooves on a record, which help to divide the disk into separate

accessible areas. There are 80 tracks on each side of a double-

sided 1.44MB, 1.2MB, or 720KB diskette and 40 tracks on each

side of a double-sided 360KB diskette. The number of tracks on

a hard disk depends on its capacity.

VGA

Video Graphics Array. A type of high-resolution color display

adapter card that can display monochrome text and graphics at

up to 720 x 400 resolution, 16-color graphics at up to 640 x 480

resolution, or 256-color graphics at 320 x 200 resolution.

Video card

The display adapter card installed in one of the computer’s

option slots. The video card provides the interface to which you

connect the monitor and controls the way the monitor displays

text and graphics. Also known as Display adapter card.

Wildcard

A character that represents any character or group of characters.

The wildcard character * (asterisk) represents a group of

characters, and the wildcard character ? (question mark)

represents a single character.

Write

To store data on a disk.

Write-protect

To protect the data on a diskette from being changed by setting

the write-protect switch on a 3

‘/z-inch

diskette or by placing a

write-protect tab over the notch on the side of a 5

‘/+inch

diskette. When a diskette is write-protected, you cannot erase,

change, or record over its contents.

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