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WAVECOM Decoders v6.15 W40PC, W41PC, W51PC Glossary of Terms
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Glossary of Terms
active window
The window on the screen where the next action will take place. The active window is
indicated by a colored title bar and border.
AF-IN
The AF input has a range of 0 – 16.000 Hz. This input should be used when the source is an
AF output (line or speaker) or a 12.0 or 12.5 kHz IF output used in professional digital
recorders.
alert
A warning or notice of an error in the form of a message, a sound from the computer's speaker,
or both.
ANSI
An acronym for the American National Standards Institute, an organization that sets standards
for a variety of programming languages and systems.
ASCII
An acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, pronounced "ASK-ee."
It is a code in which the numbers from 0 to 127 stand for letters, numbers, punctuation marks
and other characters. ASCII code is standardized to facilitate transmitting text between
computers or between a computer and a peripheral device.
Baudrate
The speed in a 2FSK transmission. The duration of a bit is 1/Baud. At 50 Baud a bit is 20ms
long.
Broadcast
Public or private radio station transmitting music, news...
Buffer
A temporary holding area in the computer's memory where information can be stored. In
editing, it is an area in memory where cut or copied data is held, sometimes called the
clipboard. See also: clipboard and type-ahead buffer.