Xerox 4850 Installation Planning Manual page 218

Glossary
short-edge feed
(SEF)
simplex printing
small computer
system interface
(SCSI)
software
software
application
spooling
string
SunOS
syntax
syntax error
sysgen
system
administrator
system generation
System Network
Architecture (SNA)
TCP/IP
telecommunicatio
ns
teleprocessing
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The movement of paper through the printer in the direction of the
paper width (the shorter side of a sheet of paper).
Printing on one side of the page. See also duplex printing.
An accepted standard for connecting devices to computers.
Programs, including operating systems, procedures, utilities,
applications programs, etc., written for a system.
See application software.
Process of releasing data from main memory and storing it
temporarily until a peripheral device is ready to accept it, e.g.,
storing text before sending it to a printer.
Connected sequence of alphanumeric characters treated as one
unit of data by a program.
Operating system developed primarily by Sun Microsystems for
use on Sun computers and workstations. SunOS provides
inherent support for UNIX and for TCP/IP.
Rules governing the structure of expressions in a programming
language.
System response to a mistake in the entry of a command.
Abbreviated form of system generation.
Person responsible for configuring, operating, and maintaining
the DocuPrint system, and also for installing client software on
network workstations.
Process whereby the system is made ready to operate. Typically
involves selecting the operative parameters and activating the
relevant software.
Total description of logical structure, formats, and protocols of
operation sequences for transmitting an information unit through
the communication system. Developed by IBM for distributed
processing networks.
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Commonly used
network communications protocol supported by the DocuPrint
NPS.
The transfer of data via telephone lines.
Data transfer via telecommunication lines for processing among
various remote terminals and the central processing unit (CPU).
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