
Bracket
Brackets are the narrow metal pieces which cover the eight
holes on the back of your computer. The eight holes
correspond to the eight expansion slots in your computer.
Brackets are used for
two
main purposes: one, they help
anchor expansion cards securely; and
two,
they cover the
openings for empty expansion slots so that dust and dirt
can not enter your computer and damage it.
CGA
CGA stands for Color Graphics Adaptor.
Clock
A clock keeps time, and computers can have the option of
a clock installed. This option can be used many
ways,
but
the main idea
is
always
the same.
If
you
have a clock in
your computer, it
will
keep time for
you.
Cold
Start
When all power to your computer
is
turned
off,
and you
then
tum
power to your computer "on", you
"have
"cold
started" your computer.
COM
COM
is
the computer abbreviation for a serial computer
port. Computers can be configured for more than one
serial port. Because of this, COM ports are
always
desig-
nated
as
COM!, COM2, COM3, etc.
Configure
To configure means to specifically set something up a cer-
tain
way.
When a computer dealer
says
that
his
computer
is
"factory pre-set", he means that the computer has been
configured or set-up a certain
way.
Conventional Memory
MS
DOS regularly addresses (or accesses) a maximum
of
640K
RAM. Therefore,
OK
to
640K
RAM
is
considered
conventional memory.
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