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H. Glossary
Abend Verb which means to end a process abnormally.
AFP Advanced Function Presentation or Printing.
AIX IBM's implementation of the UNIX operating system. The RISC
System/6000, among others, runs the AIX operating system.
BCOCA Bar Code Object Content Architecture
BOOTP BOOTstrap Protocol. A TCP/IP protocol that enables a workstation on a
network to find its IP address.
Form Definition Form definitions define, among other things, the aspects about how data is
placed on the physical page, from which bin the paper is to be fed, the
number of sides of the sheet to be printed (simplex/duplex), and the print
direction and rotation of the data.
Gateway The connecting device between the LAN and other equipment from
minicomputers to main frames.
Host The main computer on a network allowing the use of data files and
programs to all workstations.
IP Address A 32-bit address defined by the Internet Protocol RFC 791 usually
represented in dotted decimal notation, e.g. 157.184.67.102.
IPDS Intelligent Printer Data Stream.
MTU Maximum Transmission Unit
The largest possible unit of data that can be sent on a given physical
medium in a single frame on a LAN.
Netmask See Subnet mask.
OPC IPDS command Obtain Printer Characteristics
PPR/PPD Page Printer Requester/Page Printer Daemon. A non-standard bi-directional
TCP/IP protocol allowing IPDS data to be transmitted over a TCP/IP
network.
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