GLOSSARY

virtual page Page area selected by a forms designer for printing.

warning message System-issued message indicating that an error has been encountered even though the program has not failed.

weight Characteristic of type determined by how light or dark it appears.

wildcard Part of a command (* symbol, / symbol, ? symbol) that represents a

category for which the possible options are requested.

wildcarding In a command, calling out a general category rather than a specific item within that category. The purpose of wildcarding is to generate the options within the given category.

write To record data in memory or an external storage medium.

write protection Data protection feature implemented on magnetic media (for example floppy disk, 9-track tape) to prevent stored data from being modified, written over, or erased.

x axis Horizontal axis on a forms grid.

xdot Unit of measurement representing a fraction of an inch. It may also be referred to as a picture element (pixel) or spot, for example, 1/600 spots per inch (spi).

xerographic engine Component of a printer that develops an image, transfers it to paper, and fuses it for output as hardcopy.

x height Height of lowercase letters without their ascenders or descenders (height of letter “x”). See also ascender; descender.

y axis Vertical axis on a forms grid

ACT Advanced Customer Training

AFP Advanced Function Printing

ANSI American National Standards Institute

ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange

BCD binary coded decimal

BOF bottom of form

BOT beginning of tape

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