GLOSSARY

PC Card Icon

An icon located in the System Tray, which indicates a PC

Card is plugged into the PC Card slot. (See also: System

Tray)

PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association)

An industry group responsible for creation of the standard for devices (slightly larger than a credit card) for small computers, such as laptop and hand-held computers.

Formerly, devices were referred to as PCMCIA cards, but are now generally referred to as PC Cards, while PCMCIA is a reference to the standard.

PDU (Protocol Data Unit) (SNMP)

An OSI term for “packet.” A data object exchanged by protocol machines (entities) within a given layer. In TCP/IP, it defines the type of SNMP message being sent.

Pen

An input device similar in usage to a mouse, but similar in appearance to a writing instrument.

Pend

Wait for a particular response or event to occur. Used interchangeably with “wait.”

PEN*KEY

A family of NORAND Hand-Held Computers, also known as the 6000 Series with touch screen capability. Examples include: 6100, 6110, 6210, 6300, 6350, 6400, 6500, and 6600 Computers.

PEN*KEY Tool Kits

System-oriented programmer’s tool kits. The current tool kits support: 6100, 6200/6300 6400, 6600 Computers.

PEN*KEY Utilities

A program that provides the basic functions needed to prepare the PEN*KEY for use, including program load and data communications.

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