Xerox 6180N Using LCDS Print Description Language - Page 492

Glossary synchronous sysgen syntax system controller tape density task teleprocessing throughput TL/DL TOF tpi TPJ trailer transaction processing truncated two-up typeface type size type style Efficient encoding of data suitable for high-speed, block-oriented data transmission by using equal time elements. system generation Rules governing the structure of expressions in a programming language. Part of the system that provides interfacing capability, data handling, formatting, buffering, and operator control for the system. Number of characters that can be stored on magnetic media, such as how close together data can be recorded. The Xerox LPS may use either 1600 bpi or 6250 bpi density magnetic media. 1. Any major job performed by a computer. 2. One of several programs being executed by a system. Sending and receiving data through telecommunication lines for processing among various remote terminals and the central processing unit (CPU). In data processing systems, the amount of data that can be processed, transmitted, printed, and so on, per a specified unit of time. text line/display list top of form tracks per inch test pattern job In data communications, the last portion of a message that signals the end. Method of data processing in which files are updated and results are generated immediately after data entry. Cut off before completion, as when data transfer from a host to a printer is cut off before all data has been transmitted. Application that prints two logical pages on one side of a physical page. 1. All type of a single design. 2. Set of characters with design features that make them similar to one another. Height of a typeface, measured from the bottom of its descenders to the top of its ascenders, expressed in points. Italic, condensed, bold, and other variations of typeface that form a type family. Glossary-14 Using LCDS Print Description Language