APPENDIXG-1GGlossaryAACAlternating current. The type of electrical current available from a wall outlet.Activity reportA journal of the machine’s fax transactions, both sent and received.Application programSoftware prepared for a specific function or set of functions. Developers who make application programs include drivers that supportdifferent types of printers.ASCIIAcronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A set of definitions for the bit composition of characters andsymbols. ASCII defines 128 symbols using 7 binary bits and 1 parity bit.Auto FAX/TEL switchingSee FAX/TEL switching.Automatic dialingDialing fax or telephone numbers by pressing one or three buttons. To use automatic dialing, you must register the numbers in themachine’s memory. See also One-Touch Speed Dialing, Coded Speed Dialing, and Group Dialing.Automatic Document Feeder (ADF)The device included in the machine that feeds the document being faxed, copied, or scanned into the machine.Automatic image reductionThe machine can print the date, time, company name, and a fax number at the top of the faxes it receives. To prevent this informationfrom crowding the faxed image on the page and possibly lengthening the fax, the machine automatically reduces the size of theimage on the page.Automatic redialingWhen the receiving fax machine is busy or does not answer, or when an error occurs while sending, the machine waits a specifiedtime and then automatically redials the number. If the receiving fax is still busy or does not answer, the machine waits the specifiedtime and dials again. If the fax still does not go through, the machine prints an error TX report.
