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Glossary

located in the folder “Windows”. This folder is located on the

drive that is labeled with the letter “C”. The path of this file

would be “C:\Windows\logo.bmp”.

Performance

In computers, performance expresses the speed of the system

in executing commands or programs.

Peripherals

This term refers to all devices that are connected to a

computer, such as screens, keyboards, disk drives, printers,

etc.

Permanent paging file

A special paging file in Windows that always occupies the

same location and that is stored in a contiguous area on the

disk. This results in improved speed in the management of the

system’s virtual memory over a temporary paging file.

Processor cache

Temporary memory that is integrated into the processor itself.

Data is stored in this memory so that the processor does not

have to wait until it is fetched from the slower main memory

of the computer. This allows the processor to work faster.

Prompt

The symbol used by MS-DOS to tell the user that the program

is ready for input. The prompt normally consists of the drive

letter and the greater than sign (“>”).

RAM

Short for “random access memory”. This refers to the

physical main memory of a computer.

Random access memory

Fast memory (also called main memory) that can be read

from and written to as needed. The contents of this memory

are lost when the power is switched off.

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