Glossary

application program

Any software program designed to carry out a particular task.

For example, word processing or graphics packages are application programs.

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A standardized way of assigning numerical codes to characters and control codes. The system is widely used by manufacturers of computers, printers, and software.

auto line feed

When this feature is enabled using SelecType, each carriage return code (CR) is automatically accompanied by a line feed (LF) code.

baud rate

A measure of the speed of data transmission. It is used when setting up the serial interface between the computer and printer.

binary

See number systems.

bit

A binary digit (0 or 1), which is the smallest unit of information used by a printer or computer. See also number systems.

bit image graphics

A graphics design formed by patterns of dots. Also called dot graphics.

bitmap font

A font that is defined with specific attributes such as size and weight. See outline font.

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