Black Box 5250 manual Glossary, Remote Emulator Card

5250 REMOTE EMULATOR CARD

Glossary

active session: The host session that you are currently using, as opposed to an inactive session.

adapter, adaptor: A card that provides communications between part of a device and the processor.

address: In a computer, the location where the data is stored.

API (Application Program Interface): System software that provides resources to create user-interface features and to route programs or data.

APO (Auto Page Orientation): Software decides by the size of the page if the data is to be printed in landscape or portrait orientation.

application: Software program used on a personal computer (PC).

ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange): The character set used by personal computer systems, as opposed to EBCDIC, the set used by IBM mainframes. Systems that link PCs to these mainframes must include a device to translate between the two character sets.

attribute: A characteristic, such as “bold” or “italic.”

auto configure: Configures a program automatically during the initialization process.

automatic printer sharing: Automatically switches from PC printing to host printing and vice versa.

backup: To save a second copy of data on some storage medium.

balun: The device used to convert twisted-pair wiring to the twinax connectors used on the T-connector.

baud rate: The transmission speed of the serial port, which is measured in bits per second (bps).

BGU: Business Graphics Utility.

BIOS (Basic Input/Output System): A set of programs encoded in read-only memory (ROM) of IBM PC-compatible computers that facilitate the transfer of data and control instructions between the computer and peripherals.

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