Xerox 721P83071 manual Device equipped with a keyboard and connected to a computer

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GLOSSARY

terminal

Device equipped with a keyboard and connected to a computer

 

 

or a network.

testing

1. Process of running a program for the express purpose of

 

 

discovering any errors it may contain. 2. For computer-oriented

 

 

systems, the process of verifying a system©s ability to meet

 

 

performance objectives in a simulated environment or validating

 

 

its actual performance in a live environment.

 

text

In communications, the content portion of a transmitted

 

 

message.

text

string

Consecutive series of characters to be printed exactly as

 

 

specified in a command.

throughput

In data processing systems, the amount of data that can be

 

 

processed, transmitted, printed, and so on, per a specified unit

 

 

of time.

 

toggle

To switch (alternate) from one tray to another. The system will

 

 

switch from an active feeder or stacker tray to an inactive one to

 

 

allow continuous printing when the proper commands are

 

 

invoked.

 

token

Coded character representing a word used in programs, for

 

 

example, STOP is a word and the one-byte token for it in a

 

 

BASIC dialect is 250.

 

track

Unit of storage space on a data storage medium, such as a disk.

 

 

All information stored in a track can be retrieved or recorded in

 

 

one positioning of a read/write head.

 

trailer

In data communications, the last portion of a message that

 

 

signals the end.

transaction processing

Method of data processing in which files are updated and results

 

 

are generated immediately after data entry.

translation

1. In data communications, the conversion of one code to

 

 

another on a character-by-character basis. 2. In programming,

 

 

the function of a language processor which converts a source

 

 

program from one programming language to another.

transmission

speed

In data communications, the rate at which data is passed through

 

 

communication lines, usually measured in bits per inch (bpi).

transmit

To send data from one place to another.

truncated

Cut off before completion, as when data transfer from a host to

 

 

a printer is cut off before all data has been transmitted.

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