keyboard paralysis - ACUTE, UNEXPECTED SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS BEFORE A COMPUTER 

 TERMINAL WHICH DISAPPEARS AFTER AN HOUR OF GENTLE INTERACTION WITH A 

 FRIENDLY COMPUTER PROGRAM SUCH AS -QUERY,,. 



list,f=mapo - THIS COMMAND IS USED WHEN YOU WISH TO LOOK AT YOUR MAPO FILE. 

 AFTER YOU HAVE RUN THE -MAPUM,, PROGRAM, AND THE COMPUTER SIGNALS: 



REVERT. *OUTPUT IN LOCAL FILE MAPO. 

 TYPE: 



list.f^mapo [CR] 



AND YOU WILL BEGIN THE GRAPHIC RESULTS OF THE PROGRAM. 



list,f=Tapel2 - THIS COMMAND IS USED WHEN YOU WISH TO LOOK AT YOUR OPEN ENDED 

 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN THE QUERY QUESTIONNAIRE. AFTER A COMPUTER 

 RESPONSE OF /, 



TYPE: 



list,F=Tapel2 [CR] 



local files - INTERACTIVE AND TEMPORARY FILES THAT EXIST AS A RESULT OF YOUR 

 COMMAND EXECUTION. TO SAVE ANYTHING YOU SUSPECT IS A LOCAL FILE ONLY, 

 SIMPLY TYPE replace, your filename BEFORE YOU log off. 



logging off - THE ACT OF DISCONNECTING YOUR TERMINAL FROM THE CSU CYBER 

 COMPUTER. AFTER REPLACING YOUR FILE, SIMPLY TYPE bye AND YOUR ELECTRIC 

 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMPUTER WILL BE TERMINATED. 



logging on - THE ACT OF TELLING THE COMPUTER THAT YOU, A NEW USER, ARE READY 

 TO BEGIN WORKING. HAVE YOUR ACCOUNT USERNAME AND PASSWORD READY TO GIVE 

 THE CYBER COMPUTER WITH YOUR TERMINAL AND MODEM TURNED ON. 



loop - SEE infinite loop. 



menu-drive - AN ADJECTIVE USED TO DESCRIBE A FRIENDLY PROGRAM - LIKE LIAM - 

 THAT GIVES YOU CHOICES OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THE COMPUTER. 

 THEN YOU JUST CHOOSE FROM THE -MENU. TO SEE IT, JUST TYPE: -MENU 

 (REMEMBER THE DASH). 



modem - MOdulator-DEModulator , TO BE EXACT: A DEVICE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO 

 COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMPUTER BY PHONE. IT CONVERTS MACHINE LANGUAGE 

 SIGNALS INTO ELECTRONIC SIGNALS WHICH IT TRANSMITS OVER THE TELEPHONE. 

 ALWAYS CHECK TO ASSURE YOURSELF THE CORD END OF THE PHONE IS CORRECTLY 

 MATCHED UP TO THE TOP OF THE MODEM. 



NOS - ABBREVIATION FOR THE "NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM" — ALL BASIC 

 INSTRUCTIONS — FOR THE CYBER SERIES COMPUTER. 



operating system - A SYSTEM (LIKE A LARGE PROGRAM) YOU USE TO OPERATE THE 

 COMPUTER — IT IS NOT hardware, BUT RATHER THE PROCEDURES, ASSUMPTIONS 

 AND COMMANDS ABOUT HOW THINGS WILL BE DONE ON THE COMPUTER. 



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