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`r RAND QM HOUSE WEBSTER'S
`COMPUTER
`INTERNET
`ICTIONARY
`Third Edition
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`Philip E. Margolis
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`Rando1n House
`New York
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`Random House Webster's Computer & Internet Dictionary, Third Edition
`Copyright o 1999 by Philip E. Margolis
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`Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
`Margol is, Philip E.
`Random House Webster's computer & internet dictionary
`Margolis. -- 3rd ed.
`cm.
`p.
`Rev. ed. of: R.111dom House personal computer dictionary. 2nd ed.
`cl996.
`Includes biographical references and index.
`ISBN 0-375-70351·9
`I. Microcomputers--Diclionaries. 2. Computers-·Dlctlonaries.
`I. Margolis, Philip E. Random House personal computer dictionary.
`ti. Title.
`QA?6.IS.M37 1998
`004. 16'03··dc21
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`/ Philip E.
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`98-45280
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`www.randomhouse.com
`Typeset and printed in the United States of America.
`1999 Third Random House Edition
`0987654321
`December 1998
`ISBN: 0-375-70351·9
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`rhal fil mto holes in the paper. As the wheels revolve, the paper is pulled
`through the printer. T racto1 feed is also etill 'd pin feed.
`Tht> other principal torm of feeding p aper lmo a printer is fri.ccion feed,
`which utilizes plastic or nibber rollers to squ eeze a sheet of paper and
`pull it thrcfugh tbe printer.
`Tractor-reed prlnters reqUlre special paper (with holes), whereas fric·
`tion-feed primers can handle most types of cut-sheet paper. Including en(cid:173)
`v~lopes. Some printers support both cypcs of feeding mechanisms.
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`,.~ See also FRICTION n:ED; PRINTER.
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`Tractor Feed
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`Friction Feed
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`Figure 83: tractor feed vs. friction feed
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`tra ffic The load on a communications device or system. One of the princi·
`p:il jobs of a system administrator is to momtor traffic levels a nd take cip·
`propriate actions when traffic becomes heavy.
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`~ Sec a lso LOAD.
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`transaction processing A type of computer processing in which the com·
`puwr responds immediately lo user requests. Each request is considerect
`to be a transaction Auromatic teller machines for b.inks arc an example
`of transaction processing.
`Tht' OPJ1osite of tra nsaction processing is batch processing. in which a
`bcltch of requests is sto red and then executed all at one time. Transaction
`processmg requires intcr.1ction with a user, whereas batch processing can
`take pl;\c without a user's bring present.
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`='? Sec also BATCH PROCF.SSING; CfCS; TP MONITOR; TWO·PflASE COMMlf.
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`transceiver Short for trw1s(1mtter) (re)ceiver, a device that both uansmits
`and receives analog or digital signals. The term is used most frequently
`to describe the componem m local-area networks (LANs) that actually
`applie:> signals onto the network wire and de1ects signals passing through
`the w1,.e. For many LANs, the transceiver is built into the network inter(cid:173)
`face card (NfC). Some types of networks, however, require an extrrnal
`transcclver.
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