Appendix
5
Term | Definition |
Grayscale | Monochrome image expressive form using the gradation information from |
| black to white |
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Hard disk | Large capacity storage device for storing data. The data can be stored even |
| if the power is turned off. |
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Host name | Displayed name of a device over a network. |
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HTTP | Abbreviation for HyperText Transfer Protocol. A protocol used to send and |
| receive data between a Web server and a client (Web browser). Documents |
| containing images, recordings, and video clips can be exchanged with the |
| expressive form information. |
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Install | To install hardware, operating systems, applications, printer drivers on to a |
| computer |
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IPP | Abbreviation for Internet Printing Protocol. A protocol that sends and re- |
| ceives print data and controls printers over the Internet on a TCP/IP net- |
| work. Data can also be sent to printers in remote areas to print over the |
| Internet. |
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IP address | A code (address) that is used to identify individual network devices over the |
| Internet. |
| IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4), widely spread today, is expressed such |
| as 192.168.1.10 using |
| tion IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), |
| IP addresses are assigned to devices, including computers, which are con- |
| nected to the Internet. |
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LAN | Abbreviation for Local Area Network. A network which connects computers |
| on the same floor, in the same building, or in neighboring buildings. |
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Local printer | A printer connected to a parallel or USB port of a computer. |
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LPD | Abbreviation for Line Printer Daemon. A printer protocol that uses TCP/IP |
| and is |
| come the standard printing protocol and can be used with any general com- |
| puter. |
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LPR/LPD | Abbreviation for Line Printer Request/Line Printer Daemon. A printing meth- |
| od over a network in a Windows NT system or UNIX system. Using TCP/IP, |
| you can output print data from Windows or Unix to a printer over a network. |
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MAC address | Abbreviation for Media Access Control address. With a special ID number |
| for each Ethernet card, data can be sent and received between the cards. A |
| number consists of 48 bits. The first 24 bits consist of a special number for |
| each manufacture controlling and assigning IEEE. The last 24 bits consist of |
| a number that the manufacturer assigns uniquely to the card. |
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Memory | Storage device for storing data temporally. When the power is turned off the |
| data may or may not be erased. |
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NDPS | Abbreviation for Novell Distributed Print Services. Provides a highly efficient |
| printing solution in an NDS environment. By using the NDPS as a printer |
| server, you can output from the desired printer, automatically download the |
| printer driver of a newly installed printer, simplify and automate complicated |
| management environments related to printer use, and integrate manage- |
| ment related to the network printer. |
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NDS | Abbreviation for Novell Directory Services. The servers and printers on a |
| network and the shared resources of the user’s information, as well as the |
| user’s access authority over these items can be consolidated in the hierar- |
| chy structure. |
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Fax Driver |