A.5 Glossary 139
dpi
Abbreviation of dot per inch, a unit expressing the number of dots that can be printed in a
width of 1 inch (about 25.4 mm). Used as a unit expressing resolution.
Driver
A device to spin the disk. Types of drivers available include floppy disk drive, CD-ROM
drive, and hard disk drive.
Font
Style of typeface and characters. Refers to one set of characters with similar designs.
FQDN
Abbreviation of Fully Qualified Domain Name, the full name of a system, consisting of its
local host name and its domain name in a TCP/IP network.
G.S.M.
Weight of a 1 m
2
sheet of paper.
Gradation
The smoothness between colors. It is expressed in gradation value by the number of steps
of gradation, and the greater the value, the smoother it is.
HTTP
A protocol used to communicate with WWW server over the Internet.
Install
To incorporate software or hardware into the computer and peripherals to make it useable.
It can be used to describe incorporating software such as printer driver into the computer
system as well as incorporating the network extension card into the printer.
In this manual, install is mainly used to describe incorporating software into the computer.
Interface
The part that connects different systems (series). It is often used when describing the
connection between computer and printer as well as between human and machine.
In interface specifications, especially electrical specifications, it is also simply known as
interface.
Interface cable
Cable for mutually connecting multiple machines together.
The types of cables available are parallel cable or USB cable (for directly connecting printer
and personal computer), and Internet cable (for connecting printer to network).
IP address
An address for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. The format of an IP address is
a 32-bit numeric address written as four numbers separated by periods.
IPP
A protocol for printing using HTTP.
Job
A series of processes carried out by the computer. For example, processing the printing of
one file is known as one print job. Canceling and outputting of printing are carried out in this
unit of job.
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