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Scroll To move text across a display screen.
Select To initiate an action or enable a data path.
Serial Port An RS-232 connector for communicating with download computers, other
terminals, and printers.
Start Up The sequence that occurs when the terminal is turned on (powered up).
This sequence includes turning on power and automatic downloading of
configuration data for an application.
STORE Procedure used to store data in a memory location.
String Constant A sequence of alphanumeric characters enclosed in single quotation marks;
for example, ‘SLIDE CARD’ or ‘1997.’
Swipe The action of sliding a card through a terminal cardreader.
System Password The password (1[ALPHA][ALPHA]66831)supplied with each TRANZ 460
terminal.
Telephone Jack Modular type sockets for connecting telephone line cords.
Telephone Line The standard telephone wiring connecting you to your local or private
telephone company.
Terminal A device used to initiate transactions. The transactions are processed by the
terminal itself or by a host computer. These devices have a display panel,
keypad, and cardreader, and are used to enter transaction information.
Terminal ID An identification number used by the download computer to determine what
data and application programs to send to an individual terminal or controller.
Terminal Parameters Parameter data related to a specific terminal.
Timeout A specified period of time in which the terminal stops processing or
undertakes a predetermined alternate action.
Tone Dialing Also called touch-tone dialing. A method of telephone dialing that uses
different pitched tones to specify a phone number.
Glossary
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