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Terms
This section provides a brief description of terms used within this manual.
ASCII Text – Standard English text that is used in conjunction with computers.
This can include upper and lower case letters, numbers and punctuation.
Field – A field is an individual data element such as position, units or other
information.
Delimiter – A character that is used to separate individual fields from one
another, such as a space or tab.
Entry Record – A group of fields separated by delimiter characters that together
form an entry in a computer file.
Terminator – A special character(s) that is used to terminate an entry record.
Record Start Marker – A special character that is used to indicate the start of a
record being received. In this case, the marker is an asterisk (*).