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GLOSSARY
Glossary-14 6110 Series Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide
PC Card Icon
An icon located in the System Tray, which indicates a PC
Card is plugged into the PC Card slot. (See also: System
Tray)
PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International
Association)
An industry group responsible for creation of the standard
for devices (slightly larger than a credit card) for small
computers, such as laptop and hand-held computers.
Formerly, devices were referred to as PCMCIA cards, but
are now generally referred to as PC Cards, while PCMCIA
is a reference to the standard.
PDU (Protocol Data Unit) (SNMP)
An OSI term for “packet.” A data object exchanged by
protocol machines (entities) within a given layer. In TCP/IP,
it defines the type of SNMP message being sent.
Pen
An input device similar in usage to a mouse, but similar in
appearance to a writing instrument.
Pend
Wait for a particular response or event to occur. Used
interchangeably with “wait.”
PEN*KEY
A family of NORAND Hand-Held Computers, also known as
the 6000 Series with touch screen capability. Examples
include: 6100, 6110, 6210, 6300, 6350, 6400, 6500, and
6600 Computers.
PEN*KEY Tool Kits
System-oriented programmer ’s tool kits. The current tool
kits support: 6100, 6200/6300 6400, 6600 Computers.
PEN*KEY Utilities
A program that provides the basic functions needed to
prepare the PEN*KEY for use, including program load and
data communications.