end,,rl - A GOOD COMMAND IN THE xedit PROGRAM WHEN YOU FINISH CREATING YOUR 

 FILE. TYPE THIS AND YOUR FILE IS REPLACED IN PERMANENT FILESPACE. 



eoi encountered - THE COMPUTER'S NOTATION TELLING YOU THAT YOU HAVE COME TO 

 THE 'END OF INFORMATION' IN YOUR FILE. THIS IS NOT AN ERROR. A rewind, 

 filename COMMAND WILL REWIND THE FILE FOR YOU. 



file, filename - IS A RECORD OF THE ENTRIES (QUESTIONNAIRES OR TEXTS) YOU 

 CREATE TO WORK WITH FOR THE LIAM PROCESS; filename IS THE NAME YOU GIVE 

 YOUR FILE. 



filespace - TWO KINDS: 



local filespace - TEMPORARY FILES THAT EXIST AS A RESULT OF A PROGRAM OR 

 COMMAND EXECUTION, LIKE mapo. IF THEY ARE NOT SAVED, THEY WILL 

 DISAPPEAR WHEN YOU log off. SAVE THEM IN xedit WITH A replace, 

 filename COMMAND. 



permanent filespace - FILES STORED REMOTELY ON MASS STORAGE DEVICES WHICH 

 MUST BE RETRIEVED TO BE USED. LIAM IS LOCATED IN PERMANENT FILESPACE 

 FROM WHICH YOU CREATE YOUR LOCAL FILES. 



glitch - AN ANNOYING AND NON-SUBSTANTIVE ERROR THAT CAN STOP YOU COLD BUT IS 

 EASILY FIXED BY A GLANCE AT THIS PRIMER PERHAPS OR AT THE 'TROUBLE- 

 SHOOTING' SECTION. 



hardware - THE PHYSICAL COMPUTER; ALL THE PARTS OF THE COMPUTER THAT YOU CAN, 

 BUT SHOULD NOT, KICK WHEN THINGS GO AMUCK. 



hello - A COMMAND THAT ALLOWS YOU TO log off YOUR PRESENT USAGE AND log on 

 AGAIN USING ANOTHER USER NUMBER WITHOUT HANGING UP AND REDIALING. JUST 

 TYPE hello AND YOU WILL BEGIN THE Logging on PROCESS OVER AGAIN BY ENTER- 

 ING YOUR USERNAME AND PASSWORD AS REQUESTED. 



help - A COMMAND THAT WILL LIST ALL COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE UNDER THE 

 NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM (NOS) AND A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THEM (EXCEPT IN 

 THE -QUERY,, PROGRAM) TO HELP YOU OPERATE YOUR PROGRAM. 



idle - A COMPUTER RESPONSE TO YOU SAYING IT IS "ALIVE" AND WELL AND AWAITING 

 YOUR INPUT. 



inductive reasoning - A FORM OF LOGIC THAT MOVES FROM SPECIFIC CASES TO GENERAL 

 THEORY; MORE CHARACTERISTIC OF HUMANS THAN COMPUTERS. 



infinite loop - SEE loop. 



interactive terminal - AN INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO "TALK BACK" 

 TO THE COMPUTER. YOUR TERMINAL ALLOWS YOU TO ACCESS YOUR FILES AND RUN 

 YOUR PROGRAMS BY FOLLOWING THE COMPUTER'S QUESTIONS AND PROMPTS. 



interrupt - IF YOU WISH TO STOP YOUR TERMINAL FROM LISTING YOUR FILE OR 

 PRINTING YOUR DATA, PRESS THE break KEY ON YOUR KEYBOARD. THIS ACTION 

 interrupts THE READOUT; A CARRIAGE RETURN WILL RESUME IT. 



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