ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

HISTACKS (CONFIG.SYS directive)

HISTACKS is a big word that is used to describe something that helps your computer remember a lot of things at once. You know how sometimes when you play a game, you can save your progress and come back to it later? HISTACKS is like that, but for your computer!

When you turn on your computer, it has to remember a lot of different things, like how to connect to the internet or what programs you have installed. HISTACKS helps your computer remember all of these things by giving it more space to store this information.

Think of it like a big bookshelf with lots of shelves. Each shelf is a different set of information that your computer needs to remember. With HISTACKS, your computer can have more shelves to store all of this information, which makes it work better.

HISTACKS is something that you tell your computer to use by putting a special code (called a "directive") in a file called CONFIG.SYS. CONFIG.SYS is like a secret code that tells your computer how to start up properly. When you add the HISTACKS directive to CONFIG.SYS, you're telling your computer to make more shelves on its bookshelf to store important information.

So, in summary, HISTACKS is like a bigger bookshelf that helps your computer remember more things at once, and you tell your computer to use it by putting a secret code in a special file called CONFIG.SYS.