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Appendix D Glossary

Command File

The VMS equivalent of a batch file. See batch file.

Console

A program running on a device (such as print server) that allows a user to configure and monitor that device.

DCPS

Abbreviation for DECprint Supervisor.

Data Link Layer

Layer 2 of the OSI Reference Model that assembles and disassembles frames, handles synchronization, and detects errors.

Dataproducts

A standard for parallel printer ports that was originally developed by Dataproducts Corporation for its line printers and is common on older Digital Equipment corporation printers. Rarely used today. Can be handled with TROY external print servers via a third-party adapter.

DECNET

A network operating system and the corresponding protocol developed by Digital Equipment Corporation. Not to be confused with LAT, which is a different DEC protocol.

DECprint Supervisor

Sophisticated PostScript-based printing software for VMS that handles job queueing, error and status reporting, and translation of PCL, Tektronix 4014, and LN03 page description languages.

Digital UNIX

The latest Digital Equipment Corporation version of UNIX. It replaces OSF/1 and ULTRIX, and uses standard Berkeley UNIX TCP/IP and lpr/lpd for printing.

Direct Mode IPX

The protocol used by Windows 95 for peer-to-peer communications.

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