Sanyo MBC-550 Series User Manual page 54

CHARACTER
Letters (both upper and lowercase),
numbers, various symbols, and graphic
descriptors for human and computer use.
A way of expressing quantities in
another form.As an example, the ASCII
code represents characters as binary
numbers. Languages represent math rela­
tionships in terms of program operators.
COLD-START
A start-up operation from a "power-off"
state.
COMPUTER
A man-made architecture that can receive
and store instructions and execute them.
Computers can input, process, store, and
output data.
CONCATENATE
To join or merge files or data into a
new composite entity.
CONNECTOR
A physical device for attachment of
conductive paths. I/O to peripheral
devices is through connectors.
CONSOLE
The defining label for the immediate
input and output device,
keyboard and the CRT.
Here the
CONSTANT
A set of data which will not change,
(i.e.: The values 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 3.14
are constants.)
CONTROL(CTRL)
CHARACTER
In the ASCII character set there are
characters which have no graphic symbol
and are used to control or direct
various functions. A BREAK character,
for example, aborts execution.
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