password - YOUR INDIVIDUAL AND NECESSARY WORD-KEY TO BEGIN COMPUTER COMMUNICA- 

 TIONS TO YOUR TERMINAL. TO OBTAIN YOUR password, CONTACT THE INSTREAM 

 FLOW GROUP, 2627 REDWING ROAD, FORT COLLINS, CO 80526, (303) 225-9331 OR 

 CONTACT the CSU COMPUTER CENTER DIRECTLY (303) 491-7395. YOU WILL BE 

 GIVEN A USER NUMBER TOO. 



permanent files - TWO KINDS: 



indirect access - LIAM FILES ARE INDIRECT. WHEN YOU WORK ON YOUR FILE, 

 YOU ARE ACTUALLY WORKING ON A LOCAL COPY OF THE FILE WHICH IS ALWAYS 

 KEPT IN PERMANENT SPACE. 



direct access - IN CONTRAST, WHEN YOU WORK ON A DIRECT FILE, YOU WORK ON 

 THE ONLY COPY OF THE FILE THAT EXISTS AND ANY CHANGES OR ERRORS ARE 

 PERMANENT. 



printer - A COMPANION MACHINE TO YOUR TERMINAL THAT PRINTS PAPER (i.e., "HARD") 

 COPIES OF YOUR FILE AT YOUR REQUEST. IT MUST BE CONNECTED TO YOUR 

 TERMINAL TO PRINT. 



program - A SET OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE COMPUTER TO FOLLOW. 



purge - AN IMPORTANT (AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS) COMMAND THAT WILL DELETE A FILE 

 FROM PERMANENT STORAGE IN YOUR ACCOUNT. USE WITH CAUTION. EXAMPLE: 

 purge, fi lename. 



recoverable job - WHEN YOU ARE UNWILLINGLY CUT OFF FROM THE COMPUTER, WITHOUT 

 BENEFIT OF logging off YOU CAN CONTINUE THAT JOB BY logging on AGAIN, AT 

 WHICH TIME, THE COMPUTER, EMBARRASSED THAT IT TERMINATED YOUR RELATION- 

 SHIP, WILL ASK YOU IF YOU WISH TO RECOVER YOUR PREVIOUS JOB. IT WILL 

 GIVE YOU THE JSN (JOB SEQUENCE NUMBER) OF THAT JOB, AND ASK YOU TO TYPE 

 IT (JSN) AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. ONCE DONE, YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF 

 PRECISELY WHERE YOU WERE SO RUDELY INTERRUPTED. YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES TO 

 RECOVER THAT JOB. IF YOU CANNOT RECOVER WITHIN TEN MINUTES, JUST START 

 THE PROGRAM FROM THE BEGINNING. 



ready - A COMPUTER RESPONSE TELLING YOU IT IS WAITING FOR YOUR COMMAND. 



replace - A COMMAND TO THE COMPUTER TO TRANSFER A DUPLICATE OF A LOCAL FILE 

 YOU ARE WORKING WITH INTO AN ALREADY-EXISTING PERMANENT FILE. THIS IS A 

 HANDY COMMAND TO SAVE YOUR FILES AFTER EACH USE; JUST TYPE replace, your 

 filename. 



revert - A COMPUTER RESPONSE TELLING YOU THE PROGRAM YOU ARE WORKING ON IS 

 FINISHED. IT IS NOT REPORTING AN ERROR: THE COMPUTER IS 'BACK' INTO ITS 

 GENERAL OPERATING SYSTEM, WAITING FOR YOUR NEXT COMMAND. 



rewind* - A COMMAND TELLING THE COMPUTER TO REWIND ALL OF YOUR FILES BACK TO 

 THE BEGINNING, OR 'TOP' OF EACH FILE. THE COMMAND rewind, fi lename WILL 

 REWIND A SPECIFIC FILE. 



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