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GLOSSARY

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XEROX 4050/4090/4450/4650 LPS OPERATOR GUIDE

initialize

1. To prepare a blank diskette so it can accept data. This is
usually accomplished when a program is booted. 2. To set all
information in a computer system to its starting values.

Interpress

Industry-standard page description language developed by Xerox.
Interpress documents can be printed on any sufficiently powerful
printer equipped with Interpress print software.

JCB

Job Control Block.

JCL

Job Control Language.

JDE

Job Descriptor Entry. Collection of job descriptions.

JDL

Job Description Library. Collection of compiled job descriptions.
See also JSL.

JID

Job Identifier.

job

Synonymous with a START command, a job is a group of print
data sets called reports. A job may contain one or multiple
reports.

job control

Program called into storage to prepare each job or job step to
be run.

Job Descriptor Entry

See JDE.

Job Descriptor Library

See JDL.

job management

Collective functions of job scheduling and command processing.

Job Source Library

See JSL.

JSL

Job Source Library. Collection of uncompiled job descriptions.
See also JDE and JDL.

keyword

Required part of a command.

label

Reference to a file saved on tape or disk, a record indicating the
file name or date created, or other control information.

landscape

Orientation in which text and images are positioned parallel to
the long edge of the paper.

legal size

Paper size measuring 8.5 by 14 inches or 216 by 356 mm.

letter size

Paper size measuring 8.5 by 11 inches or 216 by 279 mm.