Appendix
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Term | Definition |
LPD | Abbreviation for Line Printer Daemon. A printer protocol that uses |
| TCP/IP and is |
| UNIX, it has become the standard printing protocol and can be used |
| with any general computer. |
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LPR/LPD | Abbreviation for Line Printer Request/Line Printer Daemon. A print- |
| ing method 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 be- |
| tween the cards. A number consists of 48 bits. The first 24 bits con- |
| sist of a special number for each manufacture controlling and |
| assigning IEEE. The last 24 bits consist of a number that the manu- |
| facturer 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, automat- |
| ically download the printer driver of a newly installed printer, simplify |
| and automate complicated management environments related to |
| printer use, and integrate management related to the network print- |
| er. |
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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 consoli- |
| dated in the hierarchy structure. |
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NetBIOS | Abbreviation for Network Basic Input Output System. A communica- |
| tion interface developed by IBM. |
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NetBEUI | Abbreviation for NetBIOS Extended User Interface. A network proto- |
| col developed by IBM. By simply specifying the computer name, you |
| can build a |
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NetWare | Network operating system developed by Novell. NetWare IPX/SPX |
| is used as the communication protocol. |
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Nprinter/Rprinter | Remote printer support module for using a printer server under a |
| NetWare environment. Use NetWare 3.x with Rprinter, and NetWare |
| 4.x with Nprinter. |
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OHP/OHT | OHP (overhead projector) transparencies which are used for presen- |
| tations. |
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OS | Abbreviation for Operating System. Basic software for controlling |
| the system of a computer. |
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Outline font | A font using lines and curves to display an outline of a character. |
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| no jagged edges. |
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Abbreviation for Portable Document Format. An electronically for- | |
| matted document which uses the .pdf extension. Based on the Post- |
| Script format, you can use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software |
| to view documents. |
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PDL | Abbreviation for Page Description Language. The language for spec- |
| ifying the print image per page to a printer when printing using a |
| page printer. |
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