Xerox 604P18057 manual Glossary, Xerox CopyCentre/WorkCentre/WorkCentre Pro 123/128/133 User Guide

18 Glossary

PDF	An abbreviation of Portable Document Format. It is a file
	format developed by Adobe Systems. A PDF file can describe
	documents containing text and images, retaining all the
	formatting and fonts of the original copy.
Photo	An image, especially a positive print, recorded by a camera
	and reproduced on a photosensitive surface.
Polling	A feature that allows you to retrieve a document from a remote
	machine.
POP3	An abbreviation of Post Office Protocol Version 3, a protocol
	used for receiving e-mail. It is a commonly used
	communications protocol (an agreement governing the way
	data is transmitted). It provides a private mailbox in the
	provider e-mail server that receives messages when a
	connection is made. POP3 is a receive-only function, while the
	corresponding function for sending e-mail is SMTP.
Portrait	The image orientation on a sheet of paper, where the long
	edge of the paper runs from top to bottom.
PostScript	PostScript is a page description language (PDL) from Adobe
	Systems, which is the standard for desktop publishing
	because it is widely supported by both hardware and software
	vendors.
Power Save Modes	Energy saver modes that significantly reduce the power
	consumption during periods of inactivity.
Print Page Buffer	Location where print data is actually processed and stored.
Printable Area	The actual area on paper which can be printed.
Profile	A protocol controlling image resolution, paper size and other
	attributes when sending or receiving faxes using Internet Fax.
	The profiles that can be used vary with the Internet Fax of the
	remote terminal. Find out the type of profile the remote
	Internet Fax terminal can handle before specifying a profile.
Protocol	The rules that control the transmitting and receiving of data.
Pulse-to-Tone	Switching between dialing types. This is useful when you need
	pulse mode to connect and tone mode to access a mailbox or
	another feature.
Queue	A temporary storage unit for jobs waiting to be processed.
RAM	Stands for Random Access Memory, which is the memory
	device where information can be retrieved as well as stored.
Receive Buffer	Buffer is the location to store data sent from the client
	temporarily. By increasing the memory capacity of the receive
	buffer, the client can be freed earlier.

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