Intermec 6110 User Manual

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GLOSSARY

Glossary-14 6110 Series Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide

PC Card Icon

An icon located in the System Tray, which indicates a PC

Card is plugged into the PC Card slot. (See also: System

Tray)

PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International

Association)

An industry group responsible for creation of the standard

for devices (slightly larger than a credit card) for small

computers, such as laptop and hand-held computers.
Formerly, devices were referred to as PCMCIA cards, but

are now generally referred to as PC Cards, while PCMCIA

is a reference to the standard.

PDU (Protocol Data Unit) (SNMP)

An OSI term for “packet.” A data object exchanged by

protocol machines (entities) within a given layer. In TCP/IP,

it defines the type of SNMP message being sent.

Pen

An input device similar in usage to a mouse, but similar in

appearance to a writing instrument.

Pend

Wait for a particular response or event to occur. Used

interchangeably with “wait.”

PEN*KEY

A family of NORAND Hand-Held Computers, also known as

the 6000 Series with touch screen capability. Examples

include: 6100, 6110, 6210, 6300, 6350, 6400, 6500, and

6600 Computers.

PEN*KEY Tool Kits

System-oriented programmer ’s tool kits. The current tool

kits support: 6100, 6200/6300 6400, 6600 Computers.

PEN*KEY Utilities

A program that provides the basic functions needed to

prepare the PEN*KEY for use, including program load and

data communications.

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