Epson Progression U12 User Manual

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Drive designator

The letter name of a disk drive, followed by a colon-for

example, C : .

EGA

Enhanced Graphics Adapter. A type of display adapter card

that allows you to display high-resolution graphics on an EGA

monitor. It can display up to 43 lines of text with 80 characters

on each line, or it can display monochrome or X-color graphics

at resolutions up to 640 x 350.

Expanded memory

Memory that specially-written MS-DOS programs can use

when an expanded memory manager program maps that

memory into an accessible area. See also

LIM EMS 4.0.

Extended memory

Memory above 1MB that is accessed by the 386 or 486

microprocessors when they are operating in protected or

virtual mode. This memory is available to OS/2 programs, but

is available to MS-DOS only if an extended memory manager

program is installed. See also Expanded memory and OS/2

Extension

A suffix of up to three characters which you can add to a

filename to identify its contents or purpose. Some programs

automatically create an extension for a filename when you

create a file using the program.

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