GlossaryGlossaryAppleTalk
A local area network communication protocol developed by Apple Comput-
er. AppleTalk operates on LocalTalk, Ethernet, or Token-Ring cabling and
can be used by Macintosh systems, PCs, and printers. See also
LocalTalk
.
Application
Any computer program designed to help people perform a certain type of
work (for example, word processing, page layout, programming, graphics,
and spreadsheets). Adobe Illustrator, Excel, and Word are applications.
ASCII
An acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. This
coding scheme, developed by the American National Standards Institute
(ANSI), specifies a digital code for each of the 96 displayable characters
on a standard computer keyboard as well as for control characters. The full
ASCII character set is 250+.