TM 11-5895-1412-12&PREFERENCE INFORMATION (CONT’D)GLOSSARY OF SYSTEM TERMSABORT (ABRT) - A command that discontinues or exits.ADDRESS - A number that identifies the exact location to which your computercan send data or from which your computer receives data.BACKUP - A backup is a duplicate copy of a disk made in case the original diskis lost or damaged.BATTERY AMPHOUR - A rating of how much energy a battery can deliver before itsimmediate useful life is finished.BOOTING - Booting up your computer puts it in a ready-to-run condition. Thecomputer literally “pulls itself up by it’s bootstraps” and gets ready to go.(Booting loads the operating system and utilities. )BYTE - A byte is used to represent one character, such as a single letter,number, or other symbol.CABLE - Cables provide the connection between computers and peripherals(printers and disk drives, etc. ).The cable used in this manual is the HP-IL(Hewlett-Packard Interface Loop).CALL SIGNS - A sign used in conjunction with the current time period and netname.CHANNEL - A circuit in which a frequency and/or a hopset can be loaded andstored.COMMAND - A sequence of characters that causes an operation to occur.Commands generally start with a name that identifies an executable file, suchas a program or utility, and may include parameters.CONFIGURATION -Configuration is a way to let your computer know which diskdrive it is talking to, where the disk drive is on the bus, and which driveyou want the computer to access.CREATE - Can be used when no information exists in a given file or when theinformation that does exist is out of date and can be written over.When theCREATE option is chosen, the following prompt will appear: This will destroycurrent information.Are you sure? Y/N?CURRENT LINE - The line on the screen that contains the cursor.CURSOR - The flashing indicator that shows where the next character will betyped or changed.CUE - Used to contact an FH radio net.DEFAULT - The action or value automatically invoked by the computer unless youspecify otherwise.1-6
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