Olivetti d-color MF551, Руководство по эксплуатации

Страница: 288 / 297

Glossary
10
10-6 d-Color MF651/551
10.2
Plug-and-play A mechanism of detecting a peripheral device immediately when it is connected
to a computer, and searching an appropriate driver automatically, so that the de-
vice becomes in operable.
Port Number A number used to identify the transmission port assigned to each process run-
ning on a computer on the network. The same port cannot be used by multiple
processes.
PPI The acronym for Pixels Per Inch, Measuring unit for resolution, particularly for
monitors and scanners. It indicates how many pixels are contained per inch.
Preview A function allowing you to view an image before being processed for printing or
scanning.
Print Job Print request transmitted from a computer to a printing device.
Printer driver Software that works as a bridge between a computer and a printer.
Property Attribute information. When using a printer driver, various functions can be spec-
ified in the file properties. Also, by using a file property, you can check the at-
tribute information about the file.
Protocol A rule enabling a computer to communicate with other computers or peripherals.
Proxy server A server that is installed to act as an intermediary connection between each cli-
ent and different servers to effectively ensure security over the entire system for
Internet connections
Resolution Resolution indicates how much detail of an object can be reproduced precisely
on an image or print matter.
Scanning The reading of an image in scanner operation by moving aligned image sensors
step by step. The direction of moving image sensors is called the main scanning
direction, and the direction of image sensors alignment is called the sub-scan-
ning direction.
Screen frequency The density of dots used to create the image.
Single-page TIFF A TIFF file that contains only a single page.
SMB The acronym for Server Message Block, a protocol allowing the share of files and
printers mainly over the Windows network.
SSL/TLS The acronym for Secure Socket Layer/Transport Layer Security, an encoding
method used to securely transmit data between the Web server and a browser.
Subnet Mask A value used to divide a TCP/IP network into small networks (subnetworks).
TCP/IP is used to identify how many high-order bits of the IP address are used
for the network address.
TCP/IP The acronym for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, a de facto
standard protocol widely used for the Internet. The IP address is used to identify
each network device.
Thumbnail A function of displaying the content of an image or document file by a small im-
age (image displayed when the file is opened).
TIFF The acronym for Tagged Image File Format, one of the file formats used for sav-
ing image data. (The file extension is ".tif".) By using the "tag" indicating the data
type, information for various image formats can be saved in a single image data.
TWAIN An interface standard defined for between imaging devices including scanners
and digital cameras and applications including graphics software. To use a
TWAIN compatible device, a relevant TWAIN driver is required.
Uninstallation To delete software installed on a computer
USB The acronym for Universal Serial Bus, a general-purpose interface defined for
connecting a mouse, printer, and other devices with a computer.
Web browser Software used to view Web pages. Typical Web browsers are Internet Explorer
and Netscape Navigator.
Term Description