13 Glossary - Xerox WorkCentre M20i System Administration Manual

13 Glossary

10BaseT
ASCII
DHCP
DHCP AUTOIP
Driver
CSV
Ethernet
Ethernet Address
Fax Driver
Client Server
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A cable used for networking. It is also called "twisted-pair" because it is comprised
of two insulated wires twisted together. 10BaseT cable can be shielded or
unshielded. Shielded cable provides more protection from noise than unshielded
cable.
An acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A coding
scheme that assigns numeric values to letters, numbers, punctuation, and certain
other characters.
An acronym for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A protocol allowing the
principal parameters of network devices (including IP Addresses) to be configured
by central DHCP servers.
Available with Win98 and Win2000. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol AutoIP
will automatically assign itself an IP address in the range 169.254.x.x during
configuration of the PC.
Software that is loaded on the client workstation that prepares data to be sent to the
WorkCentre M20i. It is also called a "print driver" or a "print/fax driver". The
WorkCentre M20i drivers are designed specifically for the WorkCentre
An acronym for Comma Separated Value. The CSV file is typically created by a
Third Party Email application, for example Microsoft Outlook.
Network transport technology commonly used to send data from one network node
to another.
The Ethernet Address is a unique address that identifies a device on a network.
The Ethernet Address is built into the device when it is manufactured. The Ethernet
Address consists of six bytes of information and is expressed as hexadecimal
numbers with the bytes separated by colons.
(Example: 00:00:08:D4:05:14)
See Driver.
A network environment in which the nodes communicate with a file server, and not
directly with other nodes.
M20i.
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