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| boot record | The first sector of a floppy disk or logical drive in a partition |
| track | A concentric circle on the surface of a hard drive |
| cluster | The smallest unit of space on a disk for storing data. |
| desktop | The initial screen displayed when an OS has a GUI interface loaded. |
| device driver | A program which tells the compuer how to communicate with a device |
| FAT12 | File allocation table for floppy |
| file system | The overall organizational structure of files on a disk |
| folder | Another name for a subdirectory. |
| GUI | User interface which uses graphical representation instead of text |
| kernel | The part of the OS that interacts with hardware. |
| logical drive | A portion al all of a hard drive partition that is treated by the OS as a physical drive. |
| multitasking | Doing more that one thing at a time. |
| partition | A division of a hard drive that can be used to hold logical drives. |
| path | A pointer to a file on the hard drive. |
| protected mode | An OS operating mode where the OS manages hardware. Also called 32-bit mode. |
| registry | A database that Windows uses to store HW & SW configuration information. |
| sector | A segment of a track. |
| service | A program that runs in the background & supports Windows or an App |
| system tray | An area to the right of the taskbar and holds icons for runninng services. |
