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OID
OS
OS/2
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PCL
PCL5e
PCONSOLE
PDL
10-10 Glossary
An acronym for Network Operating System.
An acronym for Object ID.
An acronym for Operating System.
IBM/Microsoft's multithreaded, multitasking,
single-user operating system.
A collection of bits comprising data and control
information formatted for transmission from one
node to another. Also see Frame.
An acronym for Printer Control Language, which is
used by Hewlett-Packard. This is a set of
commands that tell a printer and printer driver how
to print a document.
A Hewlett-Packard Printer Control Language
(PCL) that was the first version of PCL to support
bi-directional communication between printer and
computer.
A NetWare utility that can be used to create,
configure, monitor, and manage queues in a
NetWare server, and to attach print servers to the
queues.
An acronym for Page-Description Language. This
refers to a programming language, such as
PostScript, that is used to describe output to a
printer or a display device, which then uses the
instructions from the PDL to construct text and
graphics to create the required page image.