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ASCII (as’ kee) — a standardized and commonly accepted numerical code
that represents letters, numbers, and symbols, as well as command
sets. ASCII stands for
American Standard Code for Information
Interchange.
Baud— ameasure ofthe speedat which information istransmitted.Thebaud
rate, which is set for serial transmissions, is approximately the
number of characters transmitted per second multiplied by 10.
Bitmap fonts— made of tiny dot-by-dot patterns in pre-defined sizes.
Bitmap fontshave a fixed pointsize,pitch and symbol set attributes.
Byte — a series of 8 bits that represents one character.
Centronics interface — a standard wiring configuration for parallel data
transmission.
Centronics is often used as a synonymfor the parallel
standard developed by Centronics Inc.
Character Set —
the complete set of characters available in a font.
Data Bits — the number of bits in a transmitted byte that actually contains
data.
EEPROM — Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory. It
has an internal switch to permit a user to erase the contents and write
new contents into it by means of electrical signals.
EP-40XA Cartridge — A disposable type of process cartridge which
contains the photosensitive drum and toner.
Emulation — behaving like something else. The Star LS-5EX can emulate,
or behave like the HP LaserJet 111laser printer, and the StarLS-5TT
can emulate the operation of the Apple LaserWriter NTX, a
PostScript version, and the HP LaserJet 111.
. Expansion RAM board— An available option that iseasily attached to the
Star LS-5 Series Printer to expand its RAM.
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