Intermec Trakker Antares 2420, User Manual

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Glossary
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DCS 300
A data collection server that connects Intermec’s wired and wireless products to your
local area network or directly to a host computer. Earlier versions of this product were
called the Model 200 Controller.
default configuration
The values set for each configuration parameter when the terminal is shipped.
default router
A router is a software and hardware connection between two or more subnetworks that
permits traffic to be routed from one network to another based on the intended
destinations of that traffic.
device
Any physical item that is attached to a computer. A terminal, a printer, a reader, and a
controller are all devices.
direct sequencing
A radio frequency spread spectrum technique by which the transmitted signal is spread
over a particular frequency range.
domain
The area within a LAN that defines a region administered by a controller or server. The
domain is also called a subnetwork.
DOS code pages
A code page is a table that relates binary character codes used by a program to keys on
the keypad or to characters on the screen. All international keypads are translated using
an installed DOS code page that contains the standard ASCII character set and a set of
national language characters specific to the language the code page supports.
downline
A device that is at the terminal end of a connection to the computer is referred to as being
downline. When devices are connected to a computer, they are connected in a “line.”
Downline is a direction relative to the computer. Contrast with “upline.”
If more than one computer is connected in a line, the upline computers usually handle
data processing and the downline computers usually handle data collection and sometimes
data “preprocessing.”
drive
An electromechanical device that reads from and writes to disks. The three types of
common disk drives are floppy disk drives, hard disk drives, and PC card drives.