Rice Lake Motorola DS457 Laser Scanner - Manual (Page 411)

GLOSSARY
A
Aperture.
The opening in an optical system defined by a lens or baffle that establishes the field of view.
API.
An interface by means of which one software component communicates with or controls another. Usually used to
refer to services provided by one software component to another, usually via software interrupts or function calls
Application Programming Interface.
See
API
.
ASCII.
American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A 7 bit-plus-parity code representing 128 letters,
numerals, punctuation marks and control characters. It is a standard data transmission code in the U.S.
Autodiscrimination.
The ability of an interface controller to determine the code type of a scanned bar code. After this
determination is made, the information content is decoded.
B
Bar.
The dark element in a printed bar code symbol.
Bar Code.
A pattern of variable-width bars and spaces which represents numeric or alphanumeric data in
machine-readable form. The general format of a bar code symbol consists of a leading margin, start character, data
or message character, check character (if any), stop character, and trailing margin. Within this framework, each
recognizable symbology uses its own unique format. See
Symbology
.
Bar Code Density.
The number of characters represented per unit of measurement (e.g., characters per inch).
Bar Height.
The dimension of a bar measured perpendicular to the bar width.
Bar Width.
Thickness of a bar measured from the edge closest to the symbol start character to the trailing edge of the
same bar.
Bit.
Binary digit. One bit is the basic unit of binary information. Generally, eight consecutive bits compose one byte of
data. The pattern of 0 and 1 values within the byte determines its meaning.