Owner`s manual

APPENDIX B
GLOSSARY
AMOS COMMAND
LEVEL
When you are at AMOS command level, you are communicating directly
with AMOS (the Alpha Micro Operating System) and not with a program
AMOS is executing.
AMOS PROMPT When you’re at AMOS command level, you see the AMOS prompt
symbol, which tells you the operating system is ready for you to enter a
command. This prompt may be the system default, a period (.), or it may
be defined using SET.
BASIC Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. A simple, easy to use
programming language.
BINARY Data in the form of a series of 0’s and 1’s. This is how data is repre-
sented at the core level of the computer.
COMMAND LINE Whenever you enter a command to AMOS, you include the name of the
command optionally followed by device and/or file specifications, option
switches, etc. The entire input line is called a command line.
COMMAND FILE A command file is an ASCII text file containing valid AMOS system
commands and file specifications. It can contain most commands and
data you can enter at AMOS command level (including the name of
another command file). As AMOS processes a command file, it performs
the functions called for by each line of the file. Command files can also
contain several special symbols that affect the way the file is displayed
on the terminal screen as it is processed, and that allow the file to ask for
input from the user. You may also specify text arguments which AMOS
substitutes in place of special parameter symbols.
System Operator’s Guide to the System Initialization Command File, Rev. 03