Reference - Konica Minolta

17.4 Glossary 17
Term Description
Screen font A type of fonts used for displaying characters and symbols on a CRT or other
monitor.
Shared printer A printer connected to a server on the network and configured to be used by
multiple computers.
SLP The acronym for Service Location Protocol. This is a protocol that provides
capabilities such as finding services or automatic client configuration on the
TCP/IP network.
SMB The acronym for Server Message Block. This is a protocol for sharing files
and printers mainly over the Windows network.
SMTP The acronym for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. It is a protocol used to transmit
or transfer E-mail messages.
SNMP The acronym for Simple Network Management Protocol. This is a management
protocol in the TCP/IP network environments.
Spool The acronym for Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line. Data to be output
to a printer is not sent directly to the printer, but is temporarily stored in
another location. The stored data is then sent collectively to the printer.
Subnet mask A value used to divide a TCP/IP network into small networks (subnetworks).
This is used to identify how many higher-order bits of an IP address are used
for the network address.
TCP/IP The acronym for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. It is a de
facto standard protocol widely used for the Internet. An IP address is used to
identify each network device.
TrueType A type of outline font developed by Apple and Microsoft, and currently used
as a standard font type for Macintosh and Windows. This type of font can be
used both for display and printing.
Uninstallation To delete software installed on a computer
USB The acronym for Universal Serial Bus. This is a general-purpose interface defined
for connecting a mouse, printer, and other devices with a computer.
Web browser Software used to view Web pages.
Typical Web browsers include Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.
WINS The acronym for Windows Internet Naming Service. This is a service, available
in Windows environments, to call the name server responsible for conversion
between a computer name and an IP address.
XPS The abbreviation for XML Paper Specification. This is one of the electronic
document formats developed by Microsoft Corporation. It is first supported
in Windows Vista.
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