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Where we make sense of the jargon and technical terms used in this community.

Q-bit search for term

Qualifier bitA component of a user packet. It determines whether the user data field contains data for the user or high-level control information.

QMS search for term

1. Queue Management System: Also called NetWarequeue-based printing. The NetWare Queue Management System allows for creation and management of queues for printing and other tasks.2. Quality Micro Systems.

Qualifier bit search for term

A component of a user packet. The Q-bit determines whether the user data field contains data for the user or high-level control information.

query-based group search for term

In ZENworks Handheld Management, a user-created group that uses criteria specified in a query to place handheld devices in the group (for example, operating system version, manufacturer, and so forth).

queue search for term

.A line or list formed by items waiting for service, from which elements can be removed only in the same order in which they were inserted, or in a specified order of priority. Examples include print jobs waiting to be processed, tasks waiting to be performed, stations waiting for connection, or messages waiting for transmission.

queue sampling interval search for term

Short for "print queue sampling interval."

queue server mode search for term

In NetWare queue-based printing, an operating mode used by many network-direct printers and hardware queue servers. These devices either connect to a printer and then to the network or are installed in a port at the printer. In queue server mode, the hardware print server directly accesses the print queue using NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) calls.

queue-based printing search for term

A NetWare printing system that allows for creation and management of queues for printing and other tasks.Queue Management System (QMS) is the original name for queue-based printing. It is not used in current documentation, but exists still in some system messages.

quota search for term

A limit set by the system administrator on such things as disk storage (measured in kilobytes) and printing.

QWERTY search for term

The first 6 letters on English-language keyboards. QWERTY is the modern-day layout of letters on most English language computer and typewriter keyboards. It takes its name from the first six letters shown on the keyboard's top row of letters.

 


 

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