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