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fixed disk
A disk that resides permanently inside a disk drive. Compare
with diskette.
fixed disk drive
The disk drive that holds and reads from or writes to a fixed
disk.
floating point
A number that may be positive or negative but that has a whole
(integer) portion and a fractional (decimal) portion; an arithmetic
operation in which the decimal point is not fixed, but placed
automatically in a correct position in a computer word.
floor stand
A stand that allows the desktop system unit to be positioned
vertically on the floor. Compare with desktop, pedestal, and
rackmount enclosure.
frame buffer
An area of memory that contains a pixel-level description of a
displayed image. The frame buffer is also used to refresh the
raster display.
FRU
See Field Replaceable Unit.
gigabyte (GB)
The measure used to refer to memory or secondary storage
capacity, equal to 1,024 megabytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes.
GKS (Graphical Kernal System) application
An application that uses the GKS graphics system and language
to create two-dimensional (2D), three-dimensional (3D), and
raster images on the screen. A GKS application can be developed
on one system and easily move to another system.
graphics
A computer output of drawings, charts, and graphs.
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