Fujitsu DL3750+/3850+ manual Glossary of Terms, Byte

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

A4 size

Application software

ASCII

Baud rate

Bidirectional printing

Bit

Buffer

Byte

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

A standard paper size used in Japan and other countries. Paper is 210 x 295 mm (8.25 x 11.6 inches).

SOFTWARE PROGRAMS THAT PERFORM TASKS ON A COMPUTER. SUCH PROGRAMS INCLUDE WORD PROCESSING, DATABASE MANAGEMENT, AND ACCOUNTING, FOR EXAMPLE.

The acronym for American National Standard Code for Information Interchange. ASCII is a set of 256 codes (numbered 0 to 255) used to communicate information between a computer and another device such as a printer.

The speed, in bits per second, at which data is transmitted to a device such as a printer. Baud rates apply to serial data only. 1200 baud equals approximately 120 characters per second.

Alternate printing of lines from left to right and right to left. Bidirectional printing is faster than unidirectional printing because there are no carriage returns.

The smallest unit of information in computer memory. A bit is a single digit, either a 1 or a 0, in the binary numbering system. Eight bits equal one byte.

A storage area for data in the printer or computer. The printer’s buffer consists of a print buffer and a download buffer. The print buffer holds data to be printed. The download buffer holds downloaded data such as download (soft) fonts.

Abyte consists of eight bits that constitute one symbol. A byte represents a single character, such as number, letter, or special control character.

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