Dascom TallyCom III Installation & Operators Guide - Manual (Page 57)

Appendix E. Abbreviations
Abbreviation Full name Explanation
AFP Advanced Function
Presentation
IBM concept for print data
formatting that defines how
print control files should be
structured. This is the current
standard.
APL A Programming Language
ASCII American Standard Code for
Information Interchange
CPI Characters Per Inch
DCA Document Content
Architecture
DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module
DIP Dual Inline Packet
DSC Data-Stream Compatibility Print data stream generated
by IBM mainframes. Contains
almost exclusively text, i.e.
text that could be produced
by a typewriter.
FLASH (Usually memory) Memory chip able to store
information permanently
without power. Depending on
the type, flash memory can
be ‘written’ between 1.000
and 100.000 times.
FSL Function Selection via the
Line Used to configure default
values in Printserver
interfaces for line data
printing. Also used for print
job specific formatting like
bold and font change.
GFID Global Font ID
HEX Hexadecimal
ICDS Compressed Data Stream MPI Tech equivalent for the
IPDS data stream. ICDS will
for instance be generated
and sent by PSS and
translated to PCL or
PostScript by the MPI Tech
PrintServer/Printserver.
ICDS supports the complete
print data stream and
communication between
ICDS capable devices
(including software devices).
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