Casio Naurtech CETerm Ver.5.5 User Manual - Manual (Page 147)

N AURTECH E MULATORS & W EB B ROWSER FOR W INDOWS CE / W INDOWS M OBILE
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Glossary
3270
A well defined protocol used to communicate and control IBM mainframe display terminals.
5250
A well defined protocol used to communicate and control AS/400 display terminals.
802.11
An IEEE specification that provides interoperability between mobile clients and wireless LAN
access points.
Access Point (AP)
Generally, a hardware product that bridges a Local Area Network (LAN) to a Radio Frequency
(RF) network.
ASCII
A standard for assigning numerical values to the set of letters in the Roman alphabet and
typographic characters.
Baud Rate
The number of bits per second transmitted between two devices.
Bar Code
A machine readable graphic image, using predefined patterns of linear bars or polygon elements
to encode, typically, all of the ASCII character codes.
Clear To Send (CTS)
A serial (RS-232) signal used to control the exchange of data between the computer and a serial
device A hardware handshaking signal sent by the data communication equipment (DCE) to the
data terminal equipment (DTE), which informs the DTE device it may send a message to the DCE
device.
COM1, COM2, COM3, and COM4
Logical names for serial ports.
Cursor
A small rectangle or line, sometimes blinking, that indicates where characters will appear
when typed.
DTR
Data Terminal Ready. An serial hardware handshaking signal sent from the data terminal
equipment (DTE) indicating that it is ready for communication with the data communication
equipment (DCE).
Emulation
Referred to in context of "Terminal Emulation" or ―TE‖ where a software application is used to
emulate a hardware terminal.
Emulator
The actual software program, CETerm, CE3270, CE5250, or CEVT220 that runs on a handheld
device to emulate a hardware terminal.