Xerox FreeFlow manual

Glossary

scale To adjust font or image size according to given proportions.

SCSI small computer system interface. Accepted standard for connecting peripheral devices to computers.

SDLC synchronous data link control

SEF short-edge feed. The movement of paper through the printer in the direction of the paper width (the shorter side of a sheet of paper).

sequential In numeric sequence, usually in ascending order. As applied to a file organization, describes files in which records are written one after another and cannot be randomly accessed. For example, the first 99 records in a sequential file-access file have to be read before the 100th record is accessible.

set In setting a separation boundary through the Bin Full Criteria task, set refers to multiple copies of the same report.

simplex printing Printing on one side of the page. See also duplex printing. SNA system network architecture

sort To rearrange data records according to a particular item (field) which they all contain, using a predetermined ordering scheme.

source Terminal node at which data enters a network. For example, a computer transmitting data through telecommunication lines to several other computers or receiving terminals.

source language Language, high-level or low-level, used by a programmer. A source language must be converted by a compiler to machine language for the instructions to be executed.

spi spots per inch

spooling Process of releasing data from main memory and storing it temporarily until a peripheral device is ready to accept it, for example storing text before sending it to a printer.

spot Unit of measurement representing a fraction of an inch, for example, 300 spots per inch (spi). May also be referred to as a picture element (pixel) or dot.

static data Information usually found on preprinted forms or overlays.

stock User-defined name in the JSL that specifies a certain type of paper for printing a job. See also cluster.

stockset Collection of stocks to be used on a print job. See also stock; cluster.

string Connected sequence of alphanumeric characters treated as one unit of data by a program.

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