Glossary, G-1 glossary, Ascii – Panasonic KX-P4440 User Manual
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Glossary
ASCII:
“A S C II” is a n a cro n y m fo r “A m eric an S ta n d ard C o d e fo r In fo rm atio n
In terch a n g e”. In A S C II, ea ch ch a ra cter h a s a u n iq u e c o d e.
B
BASIC:
Baud (baud rate):
Bitmap Font:
Buffer:
Byte:
B A S IC i s a c o m m o n ly u sed m ic ro c o m p u te r p ro g ram m in g lan g u a g e.
B a u d is a u n it o f d a ta tran sm issio n sp ee d b e tw ee n c o m p u te r d ev ic es . C an
b e b u t n o t n e ce ssa rily e q u al to b its p er se co n d .
Bit:
B it is a n a b b re v iatio n fo r “b in a ry d ig it (0 -1 )”, an d is th e sm a lle st u n it o f
in fo rm atio n u se d b y a p rin ter fo r c o m p u ter.
Bitmap font is composed with symbols which contains fixed characters
siz e an d sh ap e . T h is p rin ter h a s a n o th er fo n t: o u tlin e fo n t (In te llifo n t
S calab le T y p e fa ce ).
B u ffer is a n are a o f m em o ry w h ich sto res d ata t em p o rarily .
B y te is th e u n it o f in fo rm a tio n u sed b y a p rin te r o r c o m p u te r. O n e b y te
is eq u iv ale n t to e ig h t (8 ) b its .
C o n fig u rstio n :
C o n fig u ratio n is a p ro ce ss f o r y o u r c o m p u te r to c o m m u n ica te p ro p e rly
w ith th e p rin ter.
CR (Carriage Return):
“C R ” is a c o n tro l c o d e th at r etu rn s th e p rin tin g p o sitio n to th e le ft m a rg in
o f t h e c u rren t lin e.
Defaults:
D efau lt h a s tw o m e an in g s: o n e in d icates th e p rev io u sly se t co n d itio n s o r
se ttin g ex e cu te d w h e n th e p o w er is tu rn e d o n , res et o r in itialize d ; a n d th e
o th e r in d ic ate s th e o rig in al se ttin g s w h en sh ip p ed fro m th e fac to ry (F A C
T O R Y se ttin g s).
Downloading:
D o w n lo ad in g m e an s to tra n sfer d a ta fro m y o u r co m p u ter to th e p rin te r.
Emulation:
E m u la tio n m ea n s to o p e ra te lik e a n o th e r p rin ter.
T h is p rin ter c an em u late th e fo llo w in g p rin te rs: H P L ase rJ et S e ries III,
IB M P ro p rin ter II a n d D ia b lo 6 3 0 .
G-1 Glossary