Glossary: TurboForth Kernal

TurboForth Kernal Glossary

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The TurboForth Kernal glossary is divided into the following 20 categories:

Type	Synopsis
Block I/O Words	Words associated with performing disk block I/O.
Built-in Constants	Lists the built in constants.
Built-in Variables	Lists the built in variables.
Comparison Words	Words that allow comparisons between numbers.
Compilation Words	Words associated with compiling word references or data to memory.
Console I/O Words	Words to allow data to be written to the screen, keyboard scanning etc.
File I/O Words	Words associated with performing disk file I/O.
Flow Control Words	Words that allow the execution flow of a program to be altered.
Graphics Words	Words associated with graphics, such as colour, sprites, etc.
Interpreter Words	Words associated with the TurboForth interpreter/compiler.
Logical Words	Words associated with logical (bit wise) functions, such as AND OR NOT etc.
Math Words	Words directly associated with mathematical functions.
Memory Access Words	Words that allow memory to read from and written to.
Miscellaneous	This section details various misceallaneous words that cannot be categorised elsewhere.
Parsing Words	Words associated with extracting words from the input stream, dictionary look-up etc.
Return Stack Words	This section lists the words that manipulate the return stack
Sound Words	Words associated with generating sound.
Speech Words	Words associated with generating speech.
Stack Words	This section lists the words that manipulate the data stack.
String Words	Words associated with creating and manipulating strings.