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Glossary
Gateway Address
The Gateway Address is the IP Address of the gateway, or router, that the
WorkCentre 4118 will use to access devices on other subnets.
HTTP
An acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. This is the Internet standard that
supports the exchange of information on the World Wide Web (WWW). HTTP lays
the foundation for transparent access to the Internet.
IEEE
An acronym for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. This is an
organization of engineering and electronics professionals notable for developing
the IEEE 802 standards for the physical and data-link layers of local area
networks, following the ISO Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model.
IP
See TCP/IP
IP Address
See TCP/IP
ISO
An acronym for International Standards Organization. An international
organization that specifies network standards. The ISO developed the Open
Systems Interconnection (OSI) model.
LAN
An acronym for Local Area Network. This is a network that serves a relatively
small area, such as one building, and does not require telecommunications
services to reach all of the nodes.
See also WAN.
Local Area Network
See LAN.
LPD
An acronym for line printer daemon. This is a print management program that
runs on a host.
NetWare
A network operating system from Novell. Clients log onto one or more file servers,
which provide services such as mail, printing, and filing.
NetWare Core
Protocol
A protocol used by a NetWare client to request services from a NetWare server.
Node
A device on a network that has an address and can send and/or receive data to
and from other devices on the network.
PCL
An acronym for Printer Control Language, which is used by Hewlett-Packard. This
is a set of commands that tell a printer how to print a document.
PCL5e
A Hewlett-Packard Printer Control Language (PCL) that is the first version of PCL
to support bi-directional communication between printer and computer.
PCONSOLE
A NetWare utility that can be used to create, configure, monitor, and manage
queues in a NetWare server, and to attach print servers to the queues.
PDL
An acronym for Page-Description Language. This refers to a programming
language, such as PostScript, that is used to describe output to a printer or a
display device, which then uses the instructions from the PDL to construct text
and graphics and create the required page image.
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