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Notation and terminology

Lars Brinkhoff edited this page Jul 15, 2023 · 6 revisions
  • User input looks like this.
  • Program output, file names, etc looks like this.
  • Octal is often the default number base.
  • Altmode means ASCII ESC, octal code 33. On screen it's printed as $ or .
  • Control characters are printed like ^X or ↑X.
  • On old terminals, ^ and _ look like and . This is due to the 1963 version of ASCII.
  • On a Knight TV keyboard, there is a CALL key which is used throughout in place of ^Z. On the emulator F1 is used for CALL.
  • Job is a running program.