Intermec Janus 2020 User Manual page 528

JANUS 2020 Hand-Held Computer User's Manual
bps
Bits per second. The unit of measure used to describe the rate of data
transmission. For example, 1200 bits per second means that there are 1200 data
bits transmitted per second.
BRU
Base radio unit. A device that transmits messages over radio frequency (RF)
waves between a controller and data collection devices.
CGA
Abbreviation for Color/Graphics Adapter. CGA is a video adapter board.
check character
A character included within a message for the purpose of performing a check
to ensure the accuracy of the message.
check digit
A character included in a bar code whose value is used to do a mathematical
check on the value of the decoded bar code to retain accuracy.
client
The computer from which you will access drives, directories, files, and
programs that are stored on the server. See also server.
Codabar
A self-checking, discrete bar code symbology that has these 16 characters in its
set: 0 to 9, dollar sign ($), colon (:), slash (/), period (.), plus (+), and minus (-).
Codabar is commonly used in libraries, blood banks, and air-parcel express
applications. The American Blood Commission (ABC) Codabar requires that
you retain the start/stop code digits when processing a Codabar symbol. The
maximum density for a Codabar symbol is 12.8 characters per inch.
Code 2 of 5 (2 of 5)
A discrete, self-checking code for encoding numeric data only. The bars encode
information and the spaces separate individual bars. It can achieve densities of
15 characters per inch.
G-6