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POS: Point Of Sale, the front end terminal where sales transactions are performed.
Post: Save to the database only. Posting does not Deploy (send).
Relational Database: Any type of database where data is kept in tables, and linked with other tables by a common key field or combination of key fields.
Risk Level: Associated with customer accounts, a table that contains information about credit limit. Customers are then assigned a risk level that establishes their credit limit.
SIL: Standard Interchange Language. An extensive industry standard data dictionary and established numbering system for data fields that relate to the retail business, used to transport information in a common format. SIL files combine data and the SQL command necessary to export or import data.
SQL: Standard Query Language, an industry standard database language used to manipulate, extract and store data in relational tables.
Target: Any terminal or group of terminals that must be sent to, or received from. Including: portable data terminals, back office stations, front end terminals. Targets have a specific naming convention, explained in the terminal table programming help page in this manual.
Task: The actual job or process, usually associated with an event. Command files contain the specific code for individual tasks.
Terminal: Any system station, front or back end computer or other data device. Normally part of a target group.
Vendor Code: Vendors or suppliers usually have a proprietary code they use to track items they wholesale. Often used when ordering or returning items to vendors, linked to a cost.
