TROY Group MAN-EXT2000 manual Glossary and Index

Peer-to-Peer1. A LAN in which nodes communicate with each other without the need for a file server. 2. A new protocol for peer-to-peer communications that is included with Windows 95 (also known as Direct Mode IPX). Chapter 8.

Physical Layer Layer 1 of the OSI Reference Model; defines the physical and electrical connection to the network.

PJL Page Job Language, a Hewlett-Packard printer control language that is independent of the page description language.

Ping A TCP/IP command that determines whether a device is alive on the network. pp. 4-15 through 4-16,4-22,7-3,7-6,7-9.

POP3 Post Office Protocol, the protocol used to retrieve E-mail from the server. pp. 13-2,13-8,13-9,13-11,13-12,13-14,A-12.

Port 1. A physical connector, such as the parallel port. 2. A logical connection to a device.

Portrait mode Printing a document with the short edge of the paper at the top (the normal method of printing).

PostScript A page description language originally developed by Adobe that is widely used in graphics arts applications. pp. 6-2,6-3,14-16, 14- 20, B-3,B-5.B-6.

PPD See Printer Description File.

PPL An ANSI-standard page description language originally used in the DEC LN03 laser printer.

Printcap File The file on a UNIX host computer (usually in the /etc directory) that contains a list of printers. p. 4-4.

PRINTCON A NetWare utility program for defining the characteristics of the print job.

PRINTDEF A NetWare utility program for defining the characteristics of a printer or form. These characteristics are associated with the print job via the PRINTCON utility.

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