Black Box Remote Emulator Card, 5250 manual hex transparency: See command pass-through

5250 REMOTE EMULATOR CARD

emulator card: A card that is installed into a PC, which enables the PC and PC printer to emulate host devices while allowing access to PC applications.

expanded memory: When storage of the RAM on the board makes the size of the computer larger than it actually is.

extended memory: Memory that has been added to allow programs greater than 640K of RAM to run on a computer.

FGID (Font Global Identifier): Font identifier used by IBM to standardize typestyle numbers used globally.

field attributes: Control characters stored in the character buffer in the first character position of a field.

field: An undefined area that contains a certain type of data.

file extension: A three-letter suffix, used to describe a file’s contents, appended to a DOS file name.

file transfer: A process used to transfer a file from one storage location to another.

font: (1) A collection of characters of a given typeface and (sometimes) size. (2) Used generically to mean the collection of coded fonts, font-character sets, and code pages. (3) A font file that contains characters that must be used in conjunction with a code-page file.

form feed: The advancing of a form in the printer to the top of the next page by a code sent to the printer from the computer.

hex, hexadecimal: A number system with a base of sixteen, using the “digits” 0 through 9 and A through F.

hex transparency: See command pass-through.

host: The central controlling processing unit in a twinax environment.

hot key, hotkey: A particular key or key combination that accesses a menu command.

HP mode: Third-party printer, if compatible, will receive HP LaserJet commands.

IBM mode: Same as HP, but will receive IBM LaserJet commands.

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