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NOS
An acronym for Network Operating System.
OID
An acronym for Object ID.
OS
An acronym for Operating System.
OS/2
IBM/Microsoft's multithreaded, multitasking,
single-user operating system.
packet
A collection of bits comprising data and control
information formatted for transmission from one
node to another. Also see Frame.
PCL
An acronym for Printer Control Language, which is
used by Hewlett-Packard. This is a set of
commands that tell a printer and printer driver how
to print a document.
PCL5e
A Hewlett-Packard Printer Control Language
(PCL) that was the first version of PCL to support
bi-directional communication between printer and
computer.
PCONSOLE
A NetWare utility that can be used to create,
configure, monitor, and manage queues in a
NetWare server, and to attach print servers to the
queues.
PDL
An acronym for Page-Description Language. This
refers to a programming language, such as
PostScript, that is used to describe output to a
printer or a display device, which then uses the
instructions from the PDL to construct text and
graphics to create the required page image.