HP R4.2 - Manual (Page 669)

Glossary ALERT
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ALERT
System alerter process
alerter
A system process that responds to patterns of events logged by the “logdaemon”
process.
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
A standard code for data representation that represents alphanumeric characters as
binary numbers. The code includes 128 upper- and lowercase letters, numerals, and
special characters. Each alphanumeric and special character has an ASCII code
(binary) equivalent that is 1 byte long.
analog
An analog signal, such as voice or music, that varies in a continuous manner. An
analog signal may be contrasted with a digital signal, which represents only discrete
states.
ANI
automatic number identification