Panasonic FP-D250 User Manual page 599

Lossy Methods of image compression, such as JPEG, that reduces the size of an
image by disregarding some pictorial information.
M
MAC (Media Access Control) layer A sub-layer of the Data Link Layer (Level Two) of
the ISO OSI Model responsible for media control.
Mailbox A printer or copier document output device that collects organizes output
documents into individual bins. The bins may sometimes be equipped with a hardware
lock, or may require that a user enters a software pass-code in order to access an
individual box.
MAN (Metropolitan Area Network) A high speed network designed to link together
sites in a metropolitan or campus area. The IEEE has defined its 802.6 standard for
MANs based on the Distributed Queue Dual Bus technology.
MAP (Management Access Program) A Windows-based HTML viewer program linked
with a proprietary bi-directional IPX/SPX channel program to allow access to the
Network Adapter Card's HTML-based monitoring and maintenance capabilities.
MAP (Manufacturing Automation Protocol) An ISO OSI protocol stack that is defined
as a functional profile. Originally developed by General Motors for use in factory
floor manufacturing environments it is based around the IEEE 802.4 Token Bus LAN
technology.
MAPI (Messaging Application Programming Interface) Microsoft's standard for the
applications interface to e-mail. See also VIM.
Marking A method used by printers to put dots of toner or ink onto paper. A print
engine is sometimes called a marking engine.
Master station A device that controls/polls the nodes in multipoint circuits or, in
point-to-point circuits, the unit that controls the slave station. In LAN terms, the device
on a token passing ring that enables recovery from error conditions, such as lost,
busy or duplicate tokens, usually by generating a new token. Servers are sometimes
called master stations.
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