Appendix
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C550 6-13
Resolution Displays the ability to reproduce the details of images and print mat-
ter correctly
Samba UNIX server software that uses SMB (Server Message Block) so that
UNIX system resources can be used from a Windows environment.
Scanning With the scanning operation of the scanner, an image is read while
the row of image sensors is gradually moved. The direction that the
image sensors are moved is called the main scanning direction, and
the direction in which the image sensors are arranged is called the
sub-scanning direction.
Screen frequency Indicates the density of dots used to create the image.
Single-page TIFF A single TIFF file that contains only a single page.
SLP Abbreviation for Service Location Protocol. Services on a TCP/IP
network and clients are automatically searched for.
SMB Abbreviation for Server Message Block. A protocol that shares files
and printers over a network and which is mainly used by Microsoft
Windows.
S/MIME Abbreviation for Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions.
A protocol for adding features such as encryption and digital signa-
tures to MIME (e-mail operations).
With this standard, public key encryption, which uses a different key
for encryption and decryption, is used.
SMTP Abbreviation for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. A protocol for send-
ing and forwarding e-mail.
SNMP Abbreviation for Simple Network Management Protocol. A manage-
ment protocol in a network environment using TCP/IP.
SSL/TLS Abbreviation for Secure Socket Layer/Transport Layer Security. The
encoding method for safely transmitting data between the Web serv-
er and browser.
Subnet mask The unit used to divide a TCP/IP network into small networks (sub-
networks). It is used to identify the bits in a network address that are
higher than the IP address.
TCP/IP Abbreviation for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
The de facto standard protocol used by the Internet that uses IP ad-
dresses to identify each network device.
TCP socket Indicates that API for the network is used with TCP/IP. A transmis-
sion route is opened using this socket to input and output normal
files.
TIFF Abbreviation for Tagged Image File Format. One of the file formats
for saving image data. (The file extension is “.tif”.) Depending on the
tag indicating the data type, information for various image formats
can be saved in a single image data.
Thumbnail A small image that shows the contents of the image or document file
(the image displayed when the file was opened).
TWAIN The interface standard for imaging devices, such as scanners and
digital cameras, and for applications, such as graphics software. In
order to use a TWAIN-compliant device, the TWAIN driver is re-
quired.
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