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13.3 Scanner Glossary
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Screen frequency The density of dots used to create the image.
Single-page TIFF A TIFF file that contains only a single page.
SLP The acronym for Service Location Protocol. Services on a TCP/IP network and
clients are automatically searched for.
SMB The acronym for Server Message Block. This is a protocol for sharing files and
printers mainly over the Windows network.
SMTP The acronym for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. a protocol used to transmit/trans-
fer E-mails.
SNMP The acronym for Simple Network Management Protocol. This is a management
protocol in the TCP/IP network environments.
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). This
is used to identify how many higher-order bits of an IP address are used for the
network address.
TCP Socket TCP Socket indicates an API used for the TCP/IP network. This socket is used to
open a transmission route for input or output of usual files.
TCP/IP The acronym for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. It is a de facto
standard protocol widely used for the Internet. An 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 image
(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 corresponding TWAIN driver is required.
Uninstallation To delete software installed on a computer.
USB The acronym for Universal Serial Bus. This is 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 include Internet Explor-
er and Netscape Navigator.
WINS The acronym for Windows Internet Naming Service. This is a service, available in
Windows environments, to call the name server responsible for conversion be-
tween a computer name and an IP address.
Zone A name used for an AppleTalk network. Zone is used to group multiple devices
on the AppleTalk network.
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