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13 Glossary
10BaseT
A cable used for networking. It is also called “twisted-pair” because it is comprised
of two insulated wires twisted together. 10BaseT cable can be shielded or
unshielded. Shielded cable provides more protection from noise than unshielded
cable.
ASCII
An acronym for A merican S tandard C ode for I nformation I nterchange. A coding
scheme that assigns numeric values to letters, numbers, punctuation, and certain
other characters.
DHCP
An acronym for D ynamic H ost C onfiguration P rotocol. A protocol allowing the
principal parameters of network devices (including IP Addresses) to be configured
by central DHCP servers.
DHCP AUTOIP
Available with Win98 and Win2000. D ynamic H ost C onfiguration P rotocol AutoIP
will automatically assign itself an IP address in the range 169.254.x.x during
configuration of the PC.
Driver
Software that is loaded on the client workstation that prepares data to be sent to the
WorkCentre M20i. It is also called a “print driver” or a “print/fax driver”. The
WorkCentre M20i drivers are designed specifically for the WorkCentre M20i
.
CSV
An acronym for C omma S eparated V alue. The CSV file is typically created by a
Third Party Email application, for example Microsoft Outlook.
Ethernet
Network transport technology commonly used to send data from one network node
to another.
Ethernet Address
The Ethernet Address is a unique address that identifies a device on a network.
The Ethernet Address is built into the device when it is manufactured. The Ethernet
Address consists of six bytes of information and is expressed as hexadecimal
numbers with the bytes separated by colons.
(Example: 00 : 00 : 08 : D4 : 05 : 14)
Fax Driver
See Driver.
Client Server
A network environment in which the nodes communicate with a file server, and not
directly with other nodes.