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 300-31 . (cont'd) ;FIRMWARE:This term is applied to computer programs that are stored in a type of memory (a ROM) that can in general only be read, not erased or changed easily. Firmware is used both for protection and for higher speed.
 * FLOPPY DISK:A thin plastic disk, usually 5-1/4 inches or 8 inches in diameter, enclosed in a square, protective envelope, with a magnetic surface for storing information: a diskette.
 * FORTRAN:The Formula Translation programming language, originally developed in the late 1950's for engineering and scien­tific programming. It is still the most widely used language for these types of programs.
 * HARDWARE:The term applied to the computer equipment—the processor unit, the storage devices, input devices, printers, etc. Hardware is differentiated from "software" and "firmware."
 * INTERPRETER:A computer program in the same general class as "assembler" and "compiler." All three

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