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M90 Series Portable Data Entry Unit Reference Manual
Glossary
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ACK (ACKnowledgement)
A type of message sent to show that a previous message arrived at its
destination without error.
destination without error.
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
A private organization that coordinates some United States (US) standards
setting. It also approves some US standards that are often called ASNI
standards. ANSI also represents the US to the International Organization
for Standards (ISO).
setting. It also approves some US standards that are often called ASNI
standards. ANSI also represents the US to the International Organization
for Standards (ISO).
ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
A standard character set that typically assigns a 7-bit binary code to each
letter, number, and selected control character. Erroneously used now to
refer to 8-bit Extended ASCII. The other major encoding standard is
EBCDIC.
letter, number, and selected control character. Erroneously used now to
refer to 8-bit Extended ASCII. The other major encoding standard is
EBCDIC.
BIOS (Basic Input and Output System)
A set of programs, usually in ROM, that lets each computer’s central
processing unit communicate with printers, disks, keyboards, consoles, and
other attached input and output devices.
processing unit communicate with printers, disks, keyboards, consoles, and
other attached input and output devices.