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Glossary 186Toner CartridgeA kind of bottle or container used in a machine like a printer whichcontains toner. Toner is a powder used in laser printers andphotocopiers, which forms the text and images on the printed paper.Toner can be fused by by a combination of heat/pressure from thefuser, causing it to bind to the fibers in the paper.TWAINAn industry standard for scanners and software. By using a TWAIN-compliant scanner with a TWAIN-compliant program, a scan can beinitiated from within the program. It is an image capture API forMicrosoft Windows and Apple Macintosh operating systems.UNC PathUniform Naming Convention (UNC) is a standard way to accessnetwork shares in Window NT and other Microsoft products. Theformat of a UNC path is: \\\\directory>URLUniform Resource Locator (URL) is the global address of documentsand resources on the Internet. The first part of the address indicateswhat protocol to use, the second part specifies the IP address or thedomain name where the resource is located.USBUniversal Serial Bus (USB) is a standard that was developed by theUSB Implementers Forum, Inc., to connect computers andperipherals. Unlike the parallel port, USB is designed to concurrentlyconnect a single computer USB port to multiple peripherals.WatermarkA watermark is a recognizable image or pattern in paper thatappears lighter when viewed by transmitted light. Watermarks werefirst introduced in Bologna, Italy in 1282; they have been used bypapermakers to identify their product, and also on postage stamps,currency, and other government documents to discouragecounterfeiting. |
