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Glossary
ASCII (az' kee)- a standardizedand commonlyacceptednumencat
codethatrepresentsletters,numbers,andsymbols,as wellas
commandsets. ASCIIstandsforAmericanStandardCodefor
InformationExchange.
Baud—ameasureof thespeedatwhichinformationistransmitted.The
baud rate, which is set for serial transmissions, i s approxi-
matelythenumberofcharacterstransmitted persecondmulti-
pliedby 10.
Byte— a seriesof
8
bits thatrepresentsone character.
Centronics interface-a standard wiringconfiguration forparalleldata
transmission.Centronicsis oftenusedas a synonymfor the
parallelstandarddevelopedby CentronicsInc.
CharacterSet— the completeset of charactersavailablein a font.
Data Bits — the number of bits in a transmittedbyte that actually
containsdata.
Emulation —behavinglikesomething else. TheStarLaserPrinter8can
emulate,
or behavelikefourotherprinters,Diablo630 daisy
wheel, the Epson EX-800 and IBM Proprinterdot matrix
printers,and the HP LaserJet Pluslaserprinter.
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