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Office equipment

Any stationary, device, electrical appliance or tool which is predominantly used in an office setting.

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paper guides

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Adjustable plastic dividers that help hold paper in the proper alignment in a printer's paper feed tray. These guides can be moved to fit different dimensions, such as ...

parallel communications

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A method of sending data from one computer to another over several wires simultaneously, which results in faster transfer rates.

parallel port

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The common name for one type of printer connector on the back of a typical PC. I/O adapter cards are available that can provide a PC with up to four separate parallel ports, but ...

peer-to-peer network

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A simple network design that uses no file or printer servers. All workstations on the network are connected by cabling, which enables users to share files and hardware, such as ...

pictbridge

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PictBridge allows digital cameras, camcorders and other image-capture devices to connect and print directly to photo printers and other output devices; no PC is required.

port connection

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A communication link between hardware components. Types of connections include FireWire, Parallel, USB, Serial, and SCSI. See also FireWire, USB, SCSI.

port polling

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A procedure performed by Windows® each time the computer is booted and each time a print job is sent from an application. The operating system automatically checks the parallel ...