Appendix 5 Chapter

Term

Meaning

 

 

Group

The ability to program many telephone numbers into a single station so that many locations can be dialed in

Dialing

sequence utilizing a single keystroke.

 

 

Halftone

A scanning technique to distinguish levels of gray from black and white.

 

 

Handshaking

The exchange of a group of control signals that communicate between the transmitter and receiver. These

 

signals determine the condition at which communication can occur.

 

 

Hard Disk

This is commonly the slang term for a hard drive is closed and the disks are hard (usually metal). The

 

closed system gives the possibility of a device that physically stores data in your multi-functional machine/

 

computer. It's much like a floppy disk, but the system is more precise, so the drive is faster and can hold

 

more data.

 

 

HDD (Hard

The physical component of a PC which performs the basic operations on the hard disk-including rotating

Disk Drive)

the disk & reading/writing data to the disk.

 

 

Header

A row of information that is transmitted by the sending machine and printed on the top of each page by the

 

receiving unit. This identifies the transmitting unit and information about the transmission, such as time and

 

date.

 

 

Homepage

The page that your Browser displays when it starts up or main web page for a business, organization, etc.

 

 

Host

Any computer on a network that is repository for services available to other computers on the network.

 

A Host must have a unique Host name within a domain.

 

The host is the first (left most) section of the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN).

 

The reminder of the FQDN is the domain and often tells you something about where your machine is

 

located ( i.e., at Panasonic)

 

Ex:

 

Your machine's Email Address is: Fax@fax01.panasonic.com

 

In the example above "fax01" is the host and "panasonic.com" is the domain.

 

 

Image

This signifies the amount of memory available in your unit capable of storing pages of documents. All page

Memory

units of measure are based on the ITU-T Image No.1.

Size

 

 

 

Install

To add hardware or load a software application onto your multi-functional machine/computer.

 

 

Internet

The Internet is a vast collection of inter-connected networks that all use the TCP/IP protocols, on which you

 

can send an Email, chat to people electronically or search for information on almost any subject you care to

 

think of. Quite simply it is a “network of computer networks”.

 

 

Internet

The Internet fax uses the Internet to send faxes. The transmission and reception take place via store-and-

FAX

forward mode on the Internet using Internet Email.

 

In store-and-forward mode the facsimile protocol “stops” at the gateway to the Internet and is reestablished

 

at the gateway leaving the Internet.

 

 

Intranet

A private network inside a company or organization that uses the same kinds of software that you would

 

find on the public internet, but that is only for internal use.

 

 

IP Address

A unique number used to identify equipment or host computers on the Internet.

 

 

ISP

An institution that provides access to the Internet in some form, usually for money.

(Internet

 

Service

 

Provider)

 

 

 

ITU-T

International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication, formerly known as C.C.I.T.T

(C.C.I.T.T.)

 

 

 

ITU-T

An Industry standard document that allows comparisons of the transmission speeds and capabilities of

Image No.1

machines.

 

 

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