Glossary

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6100

A generic term for the 61XX members of the PEN*KEYâ

Hand-Held Computer products.

API

Application Program Interface.

Application (ADK)

Computer program used for a particular kind of work. This term is used interchangeably with “program.”

ASYNC

Asynchronous communications. A method of transmitting data using an external clocking source (the transmitted characters are preceded by a start bit and followed by a stop bit).

ATA Card

A credit-card-sized device, which has been specially designed to meet the needs of small computers, and can be inserted and removed from a PC Card slot. In the PEN*KEY products, it is generally a flash storage card, modem, radio, etc. (See also: Flash Card, SanDisk, Spinning Media, or Hardcard)

Auto Panning

The Auto Panning mode causes the display driver to automatically pan, so the active window remains displayed inside the viewport. (See also: Pan Border)

Baud Rate

The speed at which information can be transferred.

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