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Reviewing the 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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