IPX/SPX
A network protocol designed by Novell.
LAN
A Local Area Network. Which is a system which enables computers to share information, software and hardware efficiently
Laser printing
A system of printing which uses a Laser Beam that turns on and off at high speeds to form the image on the drum
LED printing
Light Emitting Diode: A system of printing that uses an array of LED’s that turn on and off to form the image on the drum
Local printer
A printer that is not connected to a network, but directly to a computer
MB
Megabyte: 1 Megabyte equals 1 million bytes
Multi-functional product
A machine combining several functions (like copier, printer, fax, scanner). Previously the user needed a separate machine for each function
NetBEUI
A network protocol designed by IBM and Microsoft.
Network
The terminology of linking 2 or more computers together to exchange information or to share resources such as printers.
Non-impact printer
A printing system in which it is not necessary to strike the page to form the image. Examples are Laser and
OCR
Optical Character Recognition. A technique to recover the actual text from a scanned (or bitmap) image. This text is then
the state in which a printer is ready to receive data
Operating system
Basic piece of software that gives the computer instructions on how it should communicate with, amongst others, the application software.
OS/2
Operating system developed by IBM and Microsoft. Now sold exclusively by IBM
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