Owner`s manual

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template: A form, or electronic overlay, that allows non-accountant types to use spreadsheet
programs.
thermal transfer printer: A quiet, inexpensive type of printer, like the Apple Scribe, that
works essentially by burning characters on paper.
traces: Electrical roads that connect the components on a circuit board.
track: When disks are formatted, a series of concentric circles is magnetically drawn on the
disk. Each of these circles is a track.
two-stage boot: See two-stage startup.
two-stage startup: A startup procedure that involves two disks.
type font: Size and style of typewritten characters (bold, italic, and so on).
UP-ARROW: A key that you can press, in some programs, to make the cursor move up one line.
users group: A computer club where members exchange information.
user ID: A number that identifies you as a subscriber to an information service.
user interface: The way a computer program communicates with you.
utilities: A set of programs that control and manipulate the information on disks.
variable: A letter or word that is a placeholder for information that will supplied when the
program is used.
vertical market software: Software designed for a particular audience.
video monitor: See monitor.
VisiCalc: The original electronic spreadsheet program for personal computers.
voice input device: A device that translates the spoken word into a form that some software
can process.
volume: Another word for disk.
word processing: A type of application designed to make writing and editing easier and faster.
wrap-around: The thing that happens in some programs when the cursor reaches the right margin
it jumps to the start of the next line without you pressing Return.
write: Record information on a disk.
write-enable notch: A small, square cutout in the upper-right corner of the disk that
indicates whether or not information can be recorded on the disk.
write protect: To prevent accidental changes to the contents of a disk by covering the
write-enable notch. Compare copy protect.
write-protect tab: A piece of tape that you can use to cover the write-enable notch on a disk
so information can't be recorded on it.