User`s guide

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Appendix F
Glossary
A
alignment The relationship between the bottom edge of a character and the
bottom edge of the adjacent right character.
AppleTalk Refers to the Apple Macintosh standard communication protocol.
application A software program or group of programs.
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A digital
coding system used to represent characters or control functions
electronically, each character being represented by either seven or
eight bits.
B
baud rate Baud rate (set only if the serial interface is used) is the data transfer
rate between the computer and the printer. The computer and the
printer must be configured at the same baud rate, which can be set
from between 300 and 38,400 baud depending on the type of
computer used.
bit-mapped A pattern of bits representing the dots in a printed image.
byte Unit of seven or eight consecutive bits (the smallest unit of
information) used to represent a character or control function.
C
character cell The digitized space containing a single character of a font set.
character set The collection of characters contained in a font. Each character set
has been designed for a special purpose. Some sets include all
printable characters found on most standard computer keyboards,
while others are intended for such applications as math, foreign
language typesetting, and law. Also see "symbol set."
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