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Magnetic encoding The process of orienting successive magnetic bits to produce a
serial data string.
Magnetic stripe An area of the card with an applied or impregnated ferrous
material that may hold encoded data through a series of
prescribed polarity changes.
Magnetic Track An area of a magnetic strip running the length of the card, with a
given width and position, constitutes a track. This is the area
dedicated to one data string, restricted to specific rules of format.
ISO Standards specify three magnetic tracks on the back of a
card. The JIS standard specifies one track on the front.
Magnetic Verify A process to confirm proper magnetic encoding. After encoding,
the information is read off back and compared to the intended
string.
MB (Megabyte) A unit of storage that equals 1,048,576 bytes.
Medium Coercivity The coercivity value of magnetic media is 600 Oe (ISO 7811-2).
Memory A generic term for any device that stores digital information using
magnetic media or digital chip storage device.
Menu A descriptive list of headings above nested functions that aid
navigation to a specific operation. These are found in computer
applications, with the heading at the top of a subset of like
functions. They are also on the Printer LCD control panel.
Monochrome An image composed of a single color.
Network A series of computers connected by data transfer cable for
communication and sharing of functions and peripherals.
Oersted (Oe) The unit of magnetic field strength named after Dutch scientist
Hans Christian Oersted who found the science of
electromagnetism.
Offset The prescribed distance between a reference point and the target
point. The offset in card printing may refer to the position of the
image relative to the leading edge or the distance of the start of
magnetic encoding from the leading edge of the card.
O-Ring A rubber ring used as a belt in several media driving applications.
OS (Operating
System) The instructions installed on the computer hard Drive that run the
computer's operations and applications. The Driver used for any
given OS will differ from other platforms. The correct version
Driver must be loaded for the Printer to interface with the OS and