parallel printer — printer with a regular parallel connection … English contemporary dictionary
Parallel port — A parallel port is a type of interface found on computers (personal and otherwise) for connecting various peripherals. It is also known as a printer port or Centronics port. The IEEE 1284 standard defines the bi directional version of the… … Wikipedia
Printer Working Group — The Printer Working Group charter is to develop standards that make printers, operating systems and applications work better. In 1991 a consortium of printer and network manufacturers (Insight Development, Intel, LAN Systems, Lexmark and Texas… … Wikipedia
parallel port — An input/output (I/O) port that manages information eight bits at a time; often used to connect a parallel printer. See also parallel communications; RS 232 C; serial communications; serial port … Dictionary of networking
Printer cable — refers to the cable that carries data between a computer and a printer.There are many different types of cables, for example:*Serial: RS 232, EIA 422 *Parallel *FireWire *USBParallel port printers have been slowly phased out, and are now… … Wikipedia
parallel port — noun count COMPUTING a connection between a computer and another piece of equipment, for example a printer, that uses more than one wire to carry information ─ compare SERIAL PORT … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Printer driver — In computers, a printer driver or a print processor is a piece of software that converts the data to be printed to the form specific to a printer. The purpose of printer drivers is to allow applications to do printing without being aware of the… … Wikipedia
Parallel communication — In telecommunication and computer science, parallel communication is a method of sending several data signals simultaneously over a communication link (comprising of several wired channels in parallel) at one time. It contrasts with serial… … Wikipedia
Printer (computing) — A modern printer with scanning/copying capability Small printer … Wikipedia
Parallel-Schnittstelle — IEEE 1284 Druckerkabel (Typ AB) Der veraltende IEEE 1284 Standard definiert eine parallele Schnittstelle zur bidirektionalen Übertragung von Daten zwischen PCs und unterschiedlichen Peripheriegeräten (Drucker, Fax, Scanner, Laufwerke etc.). Der… … Deutsch Wikipedia