Xerox 6100BD - Phaser Color Laser Printer Software Manual page 492

Glossary
synchronous
sysgen
syntax
system controller
tape density
task
teleprocessing
throughput
TL/DL
TOF
tpi
TPJ
trailer
transaction
processing
truncated
two-up
typeface
type size
type style
Glossary-14
Efficient encoding of data suitable for high-speed, block-oriented
data transmission by using equal time elements.
system generation
Rules governing the structure of expressions in a programming
language.
Part of the system that provides interfacing capability, data
handling, formatting, buffering, and operator control for the
system.
Number of characters that can be stored on magnetic media,
such as how close together data can be recorded. The Xerox
LPS may use either 1600 bpi or 6250 bpi density magnetic
media.
1. Any major job performed by a computer. 2. One of several
programs being executed by a system.
Sending and receiving data through telecommunication lines for
processing among various remote terminals and the central
processing unit (CPU).
In data processing systems, the amount of data that can be
processed, transmitted, printed, and so on, per a specified unit of
time.
text line/display list
top of form
tracks per inch
test pattern job
In data communications, the last portion of a message that
signals the end.
Method of data processing in which files are updated and results
are generated immediately after data entry.
Cut off before completion, as when data transfer from a host to a
printer is cut off before all data has been transmitted.
Application that prints two logical pages on one side of a physical
page.
1. All type of a single design. 2. Set of characters with design
features that make them similar to one another.
Height of a typeface, measured from the bottom of its
descenders to the top of its ascenders, expressed in points.
Italic, condensed, bold, and other variations of typeface that form
a type family.
Using LCDS Print Description Language