Appendix
9
IC-402 9-7
9.2 Glossary
Term Definition
10Base-T/100Base-TX/
1000Base-T
An Ethernet standard, which is a cable consisting of twisted copper
wire pairs. The transmission speed of 10Base-T is 10 Mbps, of
100Base-TX is 100 Mbps, and of 1000Base-TX is 1000 Mbps.
Active Directory A service that manages all information such as hardware resources
for servers, clients, and printers on a network supported by Micro-
soft and the attributes and access permissions of the users
anonymous FTP While normal FTP sites are protected by an account name and pass-
word, this type of FTP site can be used by anyone without a pass-
word by simply entering “anonymous” as the account name.
APOP Abbreviation for Authenticated Post Office Protocol. An authentica-
tion method with encrypted passwords, which results in increased
safety, as compared to the usual unencrypted passwords used by
POP to retrieve e-mail messages
BMP Abbreviation for Bitmap. A file format for saving image data which
uses the .bmp extension. Commonly used on Windows platforms.
You can specify the color depth from monochrome (2 values) to full
color (16,777,216 colors). Images are not usually compressed when
saved.
Client A computer that uses the services provided by a server through a
network
Contrast The difference in intensity between the light and dark parts of the im-
age (light/dark variation). An image with little light/dark variation is
said to have a low contrast, and an image with large light/dark vari-
ation is said to have a high contrast.
Default The initial settings. The settings first selected when the machine is
turned on, or the settings first specified when the function is select-
ed.
Default Gateway A device, such as a computer or router, used as a “gateway” to ac-
cess computers not on the same LAN
Density An indication of the amount of darkness in the image
DHCP Abbreviation for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A protocol in
which a client computer on a TCP/IP network automatically specifies
the network settings from the server. With collective management of
the IP address for DHCP clients on the DHCP server, you can avoid
duplication of an address and you can build a network easily.
DNS Abbreviation for Domain Name System. A system that acquires the
supported IP addresses from host names in a network environment.
DNS allows the user to access other computers over a network by
specifying host names, instead of difficult to memorize and under-
stand IP addresses.
DPI (dpi) Abbreviation for Dots Per Inch. A resolution unit used by printers and
scanners. Indicates how many dots per inch are represented in an
image. The higher the value, the higher the resolution.
Dynamic authentication
(LDAP setting)
An authentication method option for connecting to the LDAP server
from the multifunctional product. Select this option if the name and
password for logging on to the LDAP server must be entered each
time by the user when referencing the destination information from
the LDAP server.