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GLOSSARY
GLOSSARY
AC (Alternating Current)
Current whose direction of flow is inverted
periodically.
Answering machine connection
mode
This function is for automatically judging
whether the incoming call is a facsimile or
a telephone call when the answerphone is
connected to the facsimile. If the incoming
call is a facsimile, it is received. If it is a
telephone call, it is recorded to the answer-
ing machine.
ASCII code
ASCII stands for American Standard Code
for Information Interchange. ASCII code
expresses a total of 128 characters (alpha-
bet, number, symbol, space, line feed, tab
and computer control codes) using seven
bits. Of all the various codes in the world,
almost all alphabetic characters are created
based upon these ASCII codes.
Bus
A digital transfer path shared by multiple
devices. Connection of these devices on
this bus is called bus connection. For a bus
connection, ICs or other elements are
sometimes connected on the circuit board
or a digital terminal is sometimes con-
nected to an ISDN line.
Capillary phenomenon
The phenomenon where the level of a liquid
in a tube is higher or lower than the level of
the liquid outside the tube when a thin tube
is placed upright in the liquid.
A fountain pen is a familiar example of this
phenomenon.
CODEC (COde/DECode) IC
IC for coding and decoding data
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
Of the three individual functions (I/O unit,
control unit and arithmetic logic unit) com-
bined in the MPU, the CPU combines the
control unit and arithmetic logic unit.
DC (Direct Current)
Current whose direction of flow is constant
in one direction.
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Bus
Device
Capillary tube
Liquid