User`s manual

AXIS AX-3 Cobra+ Technical Reference 167
GLOSSARY
3812/3816 IBM 12/24 ppm page printer that uses LED technology.
4214 IBM medium-speed matrix printer.
5219 IBM 24-60 cps daisy wheel printer.
5224 IBM 30-560 lpm matrix printer.
5225 IBM high speed matrix printer.
5250 5250 Information Display System, the IBM twinax
environment.
argument An expression that is passed to a function for evaluation.
APF Advanced Printer Function. AS/400 utility providing support for
advanced printer functions.
AS/400 Application System/400. IBM’s mid-range processor computers
aimed to replace IBM System/3x.
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
Originally a 7-bit character set, but also a common term for the
various 8-bit character sets used in the IBM PC environment (as
opposed to EBCDIC for example).
AXIS A protocol converter company.
bar code Machine readable information coded with alternating black and
white bars.
binary A system of numbers with the base two. Binary digits are 0 and
1.
bit One of the digits in a binary value.
buffer A temporary storage unit.
byte 8 bits.
cable through A feature allowing multiple work stations to be connected to a
particular line.
character codes The codes representing printable characters. EBCDIC character
codes are $40 to $FF.
code page A term for a certain character table.
cold start The Power Up sequence (parameter #90) is sent to the printer
followed by printer setup of the initial printing environment. A
cold start occurs only at power up.
configuration from
a terminal A method allowing the AX-3 Cobra+ to be configured with
menus displayed on an attached twinax terminal.