AT&T IPC-1600 manual Duart

GLOSSARY GL-3

Small switches used to set up or adjust equipment.

Dual Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter is a device which provides two RS-232C input/output interfaces (channels).

Glossary

	example, any equipment at which a
	communication path begins or ends such as
	printers, data terminals, and computers.
Dual In-line Package	A device on which an integrated circuit or other
	small components are mounted. It provides a
	protective casing for the components and pin
	connections for plugging the chip in a circuit
	board.

Dual In-line Package switch(es)

DUART

environment	1. A set of strings, distinct from the arguments,
	made available to a process when it executes
	[1] a file; the environment is usually inherited
	across exec(2) operations.
	2. A specific environment [2] maintained by the
	shell.
	3. A nebulously identified way of doing things,
	as in “interactive environment”: a deprecated
	usage, not always expunged from these
	manuals.
error	Occurs when a hardware or software condition
	prevents the successful execution of a system or a
	user process.
error message	A message sent from the system to the system
	console when an error occurs.