displays, printouts, or files. (2) To arrange such things as characters, fields, and lines. (3) (v.) To prepare a document for printing in a specified format.

formatter. A computer program that prepares a source document for printing.

forms designer. A person who is responsible for designing electronic or preprinted forms that are readable, usable, and attractive. The forms designer usually has training in graphics design and in the presentation of information.

G

GDDM. Graphical Data Display Manager. An IBM licensed program containing utilities for creating, saving, editing, and displaying visual data such as page segments, charts, images, vector graphics, composites (of text, graphics, and images), and scanned data.

graphic. Image, text, or a combination of both that can be placed on the printed page.

graphics designer. A person who is responsible for the design and appearance of graphics used in a company's documents. The graphics designer has experience in graphics design as well as in using computers to create graphics.

H

host-based computer. (1) In a computer network, a computer that provides end users with services such as computation and databases and that usually performs network control functions. (2) The primary or controlling computer in a multiple-computer installation.

human readable information (HRI). Symbols that can be understood by humans, as distinct from those that cannot (such as bar codes).

I

image. A pattern of toned and untoned pels that form a picture.

impact printer. A device in which printing results from mechanical impacts. Contrast with nonimpact printer.

index. (1) A process of segmenting a spooled file into uniquely identifiable groups of pages (a named collection of sequential pages) for later retrieval. (2) A process of matching reference points within a file and creating structured field tags within the MO:DCA-P document and the separate index object file.

interactive. Pertaining to an application in which entries call forth a response from a system or program,

as in an inquiry system. An interactive system might also be conversational, implying a continuous dialog between the user and the system. Interactive systems are usually communicated with through terminals, and respond immediately to commands.

L

LAN. Local area network

LAN administrator. A person responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining Local Area Networks on which are installed workstations and printers.

library. A file or a set of related files; for example, a page definition library that contains one or more page definition files.

licensed program. A utility that performs a function for the user and usually interacts with and relies on system control programming or some other IBM-provided control program. A licensed program contains logic related to the user's data and is usable or adaptable to meet specific requirements.

line data. Data prepared for printing on a line printer such as an IBM 3800 Model 1 Printing Subsystem. Line data is usually characterized by carriage-control characters and table reference characters. Contrast with MO:DCA-P data.

line-data print file. A file that consists of line data, optionally supplemented by a limited set of structured fields.

line printer. A device that prints a line of characters as a unit.

lines per inch (lpi). (1) A unit of measurement for the specification of baseline placement. (2) A measure of the number of lines per vertical inch of paper.

logical page. A presentation space. One or more object areas or data blocks can be mapped to a logical page. A logical page has specifiable characteristics, such as size, shape, orientation, and offset and is rectangular in shape. Orientation and offset are specified relative to a medium coordinate system.

lpi. Lines per inch.

M

magnetic ink character recognition (MICR). Recognition of characters printed with ink that contains particles of a magnetic material.

metafile format. OS/2 graphics data that is produced by Presentation Manager applications such as IBM CAD, CorelDRAW, or Aldus Pagemaker.

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