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APPENDIX D
GLOSSARY
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Symbology A symbology is a protocol for arranging the bars and spaces that make up a particular kind of barcode. A bar code is
made up of numbers, letters and computer recognised characters that can be represented in a combination of bars
and spaces. There is not one standard bar code; there are currently over 400 barcode symbologies that serve
different uses, industries or geographic needs.
System tray An area of the display screen located at the bottom, within the Task bar that displays status icons and symbols.
System tray keyboard The System Tray Keyboard Indicators are located at the bottom of the display in the taskbar
and contain status
Indicators icons
and symbols indicating open features and active applets.
Task bar The Task bar at the bottom of the screen displays the start button
icon, an icon for the active program, an icon for the
current time and system icons for utilities loaded in memory, including the keyboard icon, which opens and closes the
soft input panel (SIP)
.
Touchscreen display A graphical computer interface display screen that allows the user to enter and select items with a stylus.
Uniform Resource The address of a resource on the Internet. URL syntax is in the form protocol://host/localinfo, where protocol
Locator (URL) specifies the means of returning the object, such as HTTP or FTP. Host specifies the remote location where the
object resides and localinfo is a string, often a file name, passed to the protocol handler at the remote location. Also
called a Uniform resource Identifier.
USB Universal Serial Bus is a protocol for connecting PCs with peripheral devices, including PDTs, PDAs, cameras,
printers, mice, scanners, etc.
WEP Short for Wired Equivalent Privacy, a security protocol for wireless local area networks (WLANs) defined in the
802.11b standard. WEP is designed to provide the same level of security as that of a wired LAN. WEP aims to
provide security by encrypting data over radio waves so that it is protected as it is transmitted from one end point to
another.
Windows CE.NET As per Microsoft, Windows CE.NET, the successor to Windows CE 3.0, combines an advanced real-time embedded
operating system with the most powerful tools for rapidly creating the next generation of smart, connected and small-
footprint devices.