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Glossary of Technical Terms for Website
AIO — All In One. An MFP (Multi Function Printer/Product/Peripheral), that includes some or all of the following functions:
- Printer
- Scanner
- Copier
- Fax
- Media card readers
- Hard disk
AES — Advanced Encryption Standard
API — Application Programming Interface
Apple Bonjour — An Apple Computer networking software tool
ASIC — Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASSP — Application Specific Standard Part
BOM — Bill of Materials
BPP — Bits per Pixel
CMYK — Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
Contone — Short for Continuous Tone, 8-bit per pixel per color plane printing
CPU — Central Processing Unit
FTP — File Transfer Protocol
GDI — Graphical Device Interface
GRP — Graphics Rendering Processor — Hardware acceleration engine that generates pixel rasters from a display list.
GRS — Graphics Rendering Services
Halftone — A process to represent a large range of gray levels.
HTTP — Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HP Web JetAdmin — An HP enterprise management tool for printing devices that is accessed through a standard Web browser.
IP — Intellectual Property
IPP — Internet Printing Protocol
IPV4/IPV6 — Internet Protocol addressing version4 and version6
Kerberos — A computer network authentication protocol
NEST - Novell Embedded Systems Technology
OEM — Original Equipment Manufacturer.
PCL — An industry standard page description language originally specified by Hewlett Packard
PCL5C — An industry-standard color page description language
PCL5E — An industry-standard monochrome page description language
PCL-XL — A color-capable page description language
PCL6 — A language package that contains PCL5E (monochrome printers) or PCL5C (color printers) and PCL-XL.
PDL — Page Description Language — A language to describe the content of a page. PCL, PostScript and XPS are examples of a standard PDL.
PDF — Portable Document Format
Pixel — Short for picture element, using the common abbreviation "pix" for "picture"
PJL — Printer Job Language
PKI — Public Key Infrastructure
PKINIT — An Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) for "Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos."
PnP-X — Plug and Play Extensions for Windows
PostScript(R) — An industry standard page description language licensed by Adobe Systems.
PSIP — Peerless Systems Imaging Products
PVC — Print Engine Video Controller.
QuickPrint(R) — Trademark for Peerless?f family of graphics coprocessor ASICs,aka QP.
SoC — System on a Chip
SDK — Software Development Kit
SNMP — Simple Network Management Protocol
UPnP — Universal Plug and Play
WSD — Web Services for Devices in Microsoft Vista
XML — eXtensible Markup Language
XPS — XML Paper Specification |
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