IBM AS/400 manual Glossary, 469

Glossary

advanced

function

printing

(AFP)

.

The

ability

of

batch

job

.

A

predefined

group

of

processing

actions

programs

to

use

the all-points-addressable conceptsubmittedto to

the system to be performed with lit

print

text

and

images

on

a

printer.

interaction

between

the

user

and

the

system. Contra

advanced

function

printing

data

stream

(AFPDS)

.

In

withinteractive. job

AFP

support,

the

printer data stream used forbin .printingIn

AFP

support, the standard-size paper sourc

advanced function printing data. The AFPDS includesonthe IBM 3820.

composed

text,

page

segments,

electronic

overlays,

form

definitions,

and

fonts

block

edit

func

ion

.

In

AFP

Utilities,

a

function

that

that are downloaded

from

the

AS/400

system

to

the

printer.

moves, copies, or removes all elements defined in a

specified

scope

on

the

image

area at

one

time.

AFP .

Seeadvanced

function

printing. (AFP)

box .

In

AFP

Utilities,

a

continuous

line

constructin

AFP

resources

.

The

form

definitions,

page

definitions,rectangle.

fonts,

overlays

(electronic

forms),

and

page

segments

(graphic

images). With

PrintManager,

resources

break

field

.

In AFP

Utilities,

the

field

which

caus

can

either

exist

in

a

system

library,

or

be

page

break.

When

the

Print

Format

Utility

encounter

plac

d

inline

with

a

print

job

as

the

job

is

written

to

the

the

record

whose

value

of

the

specified

field

spool.

record

are

not

equal

to

that

of

the

previous

re

AFPDS .

Seeadvanced

function

printing

data

streambreak

occurs.

(AFPDS) .

byte . (1) The smallest unit of storage that can b

all

authority .

An

object

authority

that

allows

addressedtheus

directly. (2) A group of 8 adjacent bit

to

perform

all

operations on the object exceptthe

EBCDICthose

coding

system, 1 byte can represent a

limited

to

the

owner or controlled by authorizationcharacterlist.In the double-byte coding system,

2

b

management authority. The user can control therepresent a character.

object’s

existence,

specify

the

security

for

the

object,

and

change

the

object. Contrastexcludewithauthority.

change

authority

.

An

object authority that allows a

user

to

perform

all

operations

on

the

object

exce

all-points-addressable

.

In

AFP

support,

pertainingthoseto

limited

to

the owner or controlled by objec

the

capability

to address, refer to, and

exispositionencetext,authority and

object management

authority

overlays, and images at any defined point

onThetheuser can add, change, and delete entries in

printable

area

of

the

paper.

object,

or read

the contents of an entry in the

application

Change

authority

combines

object

operational authori

.

A

particular

business

task,

such

as

all

the

data

authorities.

inventory

control

or

accounts

receivable.

and

character . Any letter, number, or other symbol in th

application program . A program used to performdata character set that is part of the organiza particular data processing task, such as inventorycontrol, or representation of data.

control or payroll.

ascending sequence

character set .

A

group

of

characters used

for

a

.

The

arrangement of

data

in

charact

specific reason; for example, the set of

order from the lowest

value

to the

highest

value,

display station can display, the set of character

according to

the

rules

for

comparing

data. Contrast

print,

or

a

particular

set of

graphic

withdescending

sequence.

printer can

characters

in

a

code

page; for

example,

the

256

authorization

list .

EBCDIC

characters.

A

list

of two

or

more

user

IDs

and

their

authorities

for

system

resources. The character

string

.

A sequence

of consecutive

system-recognized

identifier for

the object

type is

*AUTL.

characters that are used as a value.

bar

code

characters

per

inch

(cpi) .

The

number

of

characters

.

A

pattern

of

bars

of

various

widths

printed horizontally within an inch across a page.

containing

data

to

be

interpreted

by

a

scanning

device.

batch .

check

digit .

The

far

right

number

of

a self-check

Pertaining

to

a

group

of

jobs

to

be

run

on

a

used to verify the accuracy of the field.

computer

sequentially

with

the

same

program with

little

or

no

operator

action. Contrastinteracwit.iveh

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Corp.

1996,

1998

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