DHCP | An acronym for Dynamic Host Configuration |
| Protocol. A protocol allowing the principal |
| parameters of network devices (including IP |
| Addresses) to be configured by central DHCP |
| servers. |
Direct Connect | Direct Connect is the method used to attach a |
| printer to a workstation via a parallel, Ethernet or |
| Token Ring interface. |
DNS | An acronym for Domain Name Service. A TCP/IP |
| protocol for discovering and maintaining network |
| resource information distributed among different |
| servers. |
DOS | An acronym for Disk Operating System. The |
| operating system developed by Microsoft and often |
| ported by computer manufacturers such as IBM to |
| run on their computers. |
driver | Software that is loaded on the client workstation |
| that prepares data to be sent to or received from the |
| copier/printer. Also called a printer driver. |
EMI/RFI | An acronym for Electromagnetic Interface/Radio |
| Frequency Interference. A form of "noise" on data |
| transmission mediums that can reduce data integrity |
| and increase transmission errors. |
Ethernet | A 10 megabits per second baseband, CSMA/CD |
| network originally designed by Xerox Corporation. |
| Network transport technology commonly used to |
| send data from one node to another. |
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