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Glossary
This glossary defines important 4230
Printer abbreviations and terms. It
includes information from the IBM
Dictionary of Computing,
SC20-1699.
It also includes terms and definitions
from:
The American National
Dictionary for Information
Processing Systems, copyright
1982 by the Computer and
Business Equipment
Manufacturers Association
(CBEMA). Copies may be
purchased from the American
National Standards Institute,
1430 Broadway, New York, New
York 10018. Definitions are
identified by an asterisk (*).
The Information Technology
Vocabulary, developed by
Subcommittee 1, Joint Technical
Committee 1, of the International
Organization for Standardization
and the International
Electrotechnical Committee
(ISO/IEC JTC1/SC1).
Definitions from published
segments of the vocabularies
are identified by the symbol
(ISO); definitions from draft
international standards, draft
proposals, and working papers
in development by the ISO/IEC
JTC1/SC1 vocabulary
subcommittee are identified by
the symbol (TC97), indicating
final agreement has not yet been
reached among participating
members.
For abbreviations, the definition
usually consists only of the words
represented by the letters; for
complete definitions, see the entries
for the words.
This Glossary uses standard
reference words for entries. They
are:
Ref. Meaning
Deprecated term for
Indicates that the term
should not be used. It refers
to a preferred term, which is
defined.
Synonymous with
Appears in the commentary
of a preferred term and
identifies less desirable or
less specific terms that have
the same meaning.
Synonym for
Appears in the commentary
of a less desirable or less
specific term and identifies
the preferred term that has
the same meaning.
Contrast with
Refers to a term that has an
opposed or substantively
different meaning.
See
Refers to multiple-word terms
that have the same last
word.
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