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<H1 TYPE="A" VALUE="1">Glossary</H1>

<H2>Terms</H2>

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	<DT>C
	<DD>A computer language.

	<DT>parallel
	<DD>Sending or receiving data more than 1 bit at a time.

	<DT>pipe
	<DD>A one-way communications channel between two programs.

	<DT>serial
	<DD>Sending or receiving data 1 bit at a time.

	<DT>socket
	<DD>A two-way network communications channel.

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<H2>Acronyms</H2>

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	<DT>ASCII
	<DD>American Standard Code for Information Interchange

	<DT>CUPS
	<DD>Common UNIX Printing System

	<DT>ESC/P
	<DD>EPSON Standard Code for Printers

	<DT>FTP
	<DD>File Transfer Protocol

	<DT>HP-GL
	<DD>Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language

	<DT>HP-PCL
	<DD>Hewlett-Packard Page Control Language

	<DT>HP-PJL
	<DD>Hewlett-Packard Printer Job Language

	<DT>IETF
	<DD>Internet Engineering Task Force

	<DT>IPP
	<DD>Internet Printing Protocol

	<DT>ISO
	<DD>International Standards Organization

	<DT>LPD
	<DD>Line Printer Daemon

	<DT>MIME
	<DD>Multimedia Internet Mail Exchange

	<DT>PPD
	<DD>PostScript Printer Description

	<DT>SMB
	<DD>Server Message Block

	<DT>TFTP
	<DD>Trivial File Transfer Protocol

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