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Glossary of Terms (continued)

Term	Definition
Landscape	A document layout that is viewed with the document's long axis in
	a horizontal orientation.
LCD (Liquid Crystal	A device that contains a liquid crystal between two pieces of
Display)	polarized film through which reflected or ambient light can pass.
	When a current is applied, the liquid's polarity changes and blocks
	the passage of the light resulting in an opaque area of the display.
	The areas are arrayed to form characters.
LED (Light Emitting	A semiconductor that emits light when a current is applied.
Diode)
Media	A generic reference to anything onto which the Printer can
	transfer an image including cards, ribbon and film.
LoCo (Low	The coercivity value of magnetic media between 250 - 600 Oe
Coercivity)	(ISO 7811-2). Fargo's Low Coercivity encodes at 300 Oe.
LPT Port (Line	The system abbreviation for a PC's parallel Printer port.
Printer Port)
Mag Encoding	The process of orienting successive magnetic bits to produce a
	serial data string.
Magnetic Stripe	An area of the card with an applied or impregnated ferrous
	material that may hold encoded data through a series of
	prescribed polarity changes.
Mag Track	An area of a magnetic strip running the length of the card, with a
	given width and position, constitutes a track. This is the area
	dedicated to one data string, restricted to specific rules of format.
	ISO standards specify three magnetic tracks on the back of a
	card. The JIS standard specifies one track on the front.
Mag Verify	A process to confirm proper magnetic Encoding. After Encoding,
	the information is read off back and compared to the intended
	string.
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