International Standard Book Number. A unique number assigned to each book to allow
ease of ordering from any source: local bookstore, online book dealers, or directly from the
publisher. The ISBN number is usually printed on the back cover of a book, near the bar-
code but can also appear within the book.

ISSN

International Standard Serial Number. An ISSN consists of eight digits comprising two
groups of four digits each, separated by a hyphen. The eighth digit is a check digit used as
a computer validity check; it consists of a number between 0 and 9 or an uppercase X (for
the arabic numeral 10).

MIB (Management
Information Base)

A Management Information Base (MIB) is a file that defines a set of

SNMP (Simple

Network Management Protocol)

variables, their types and usage. There are a num-

ber of standard MIBs available, depending on the information being managed. The MIB is
used by the management tools to allow them to better support the configuration values
provided on the terminals, such as scanner controls and terminal type information.

mounted file sys-
tem

A file system located on a removable medium, such as a PC Card storage device. The
operating system loads, or mounts, the file system when the medium is inserted into the
device. It unloads, or unmounts, the file system when the medium is removed or when the
user issues a command to do so.

Network ID

Here used to mean that you should configure the Windows user settings, such as the user
name, password, and domain name. Microsoft’s definition includes some wireless network
IDs as equivalent to SSIDs.

non-persistent
state

A non-persistent state affects only the next keypress. FN state is a non-persistent state.

on-screen key-
board

Tap the

Keyboard

icon in the soft key bar to open the on-screen keyboard. Use this virtual

QWERTY keyboard like you would a computer’s keypad to enter alphanumeric and sym-
bols in the current application.

portable data
assistant (PDA)

A handheld Windows Mobile-based computer that can be synchronized with a host PC to
share files and data. Sometimes contains an infrared device to beam information to
another unit.

portable data ter-
minal (PDT)

An industrial strength handheld computer with a keypad, direction keys, and a bar code
scanner used in inventory, retail, and warehouse activities to collect data and upload it to a
host PC.

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