Folders on the hard disk are pictured as manilla file folders, but they are not fixed in size and can hold as much data as there is room on the entire disk. Font - A set of type characters of a particular typeface design and size. Format - The structure, or layout, of an item. Screen formats are the layout of fields on the screen. Report formats are the columns, headers and footers on a page.
Record formats are the fields within a record.
G Gigabyte - One billion bytes. The mechanism that reads and writes a hard disk. The terms hard drive and hard disk are used interchangeably. It is a user's local drive. Every client and server station must have a unique IP address.