Elesys 5450 Reference Manual page 86

the set to 256 by adding an eighth
provides graphic, Greek, scientific, financial, and foreign language characters.
ASIC Chip - Application-Specific Integrated Circuit – a semiconductor product created
to perform a particular function. An example would be a logic
or computer that allows the
move data in a specific environment.
Auto Switching - Describes the behavior of the controller with respect to how it decides
from which input
Bi-directional - Communication flow in two directions.
Binary Digit - Describes base-2 math or electronic states of zero (off) or one (on).
BIOS - Basic Input Output System – the
processor to control and use various aspects of a computer's
drives, keyboard, monitor, and printer ports).
Bit - The smallest unit of storage or communication in a computer. See
Bleed Off - The technique of printing to the physical edge of the document paper.
Bleed Through - The result when, during the printing process, ink saturates the paper
and is deposited on the copy below it, or leaves residual ink on the drum which is
passed on to the next copy, resulting in a 'ghost' image.
Buffer - A temporary data storage area necessarily used during data transfer between two
systems or processes whose input and output data rates differ.
Built-In Fonts - Fonts
normal use of the controller.
Byte - Eight bits, can represent a character or number, and is the most common form of
data storage and transfer.
Cache – A high-speed, short-term storage area. Also describes the act of copying data
from a relatively slow, long-term storage medium into a relatively fast storage
medium/buffer, to enable fast access by multiple processes.
Cache Buffer - An area in
data or program instructions.
Chip - The short name for an integrated circuit (IC) device.
CISC - Complex Instruction Set Computer – a type of
as 100 or more instructions, enough to carry out most computations directly.
Generally slower than a RISC processor.
CMYK - Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black, the four colors used in making a composite
color picture (K = key color = black) – see
Coaxial wire - LAN
workstation to another in a daisy-chain design.
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bit to each existing character. The expanded set
microprocessor
port it will capture data for printing.
hardware
which are resident in the controller and cannot be erased through
RAM or on a hard drive
interconnect wire, usually type RG58, runs from one computer
chip
(a generic or non-specific IC), to get and
and firmware which allows a
hardware
used for storing frequently accessed
CPU that can recognize as many
Color separations.
in the controller
(such as disk
Binary Digit.