Glossary

Terms

C
A computer language.
parallel
Sending or receiving data more than 1 bit at a time.
pipe
A one-way communications channel between two programs.
serial
Sending or receiving data 1 bit at a time.
socket
A two-way network communications channel.

Acronyms

ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
CUPS
Common UNIX Printing System
ESC/P
EPSON Standard Code for Printers
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
HP-GL
Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language
HP-PCL
Hewlett-Packard Page Control Language
HP-PJL
Hewlett-Packard Printer Job Language
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
IPP
Internet Printing Protocol
ISO
International Standards Organization
LPD
Line Printer Daemon
MIME
Multimedia Internet Mail Exchange
PPD
PostScript Printer Description
SMB
Server Message Block
TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol