| Glossary Term |
Definition |
| FACESTOCK
|
The part of the substrate (media) where printing occurs. |
| FACT |
Federation of Automated Coding Technology– a bureau of AIM consisting of organizations that use and promote automatic identification among their members. |
| FACTORY PROGRAMMING |
The manufacturer’s setting on a read-only tag or chip or peripheral device. |
| FAT CLIENT |
This is a model of computing whereby a significant volume of the processing is done at the client end. Also known as Thick client |
| FIELD PROGRAMMING |
The programming of information into a tag after shipment by the manufacturer, either by an OEM customer or end user. Field programming is often related to the tag’s target application. |
| FILM MASTER |
A photographic film representation of a specific symbol used to produce a printing plate. |
| FILTERING |
Prevents user-defined frames from being processed by the access point. |
| FIRMWARE |
Start up and input-output instructions “burned onto” a chip in RFID-enabled printers and other devices. |
| FIRST READ RATE (FRR) |
The percentage representing the number of successful reads per 100 scans to read a particular symbol. |
| FIXED BEAM BAR CODE READER |
A scanning device where scanning motion is achieved by moving the object relative to the reader; as opposed to a moving beam reader. |
| FIXED RATIO |
The ratio between the width of the bars in the code is a fixed standard and cannot be changed. |
| FLASH MEMORY |
Read/Writeable RAM (a.k.a. Non-Volatile RAM)
This is a type of Random Access Memory chip that does not lose its contents when its power is turned off; however, it can be intentionally written to, read from, and intentionally erased. It is a type of RAM and, hence, interacts with the computer or processor as described under “RAM” except that it does not lose its contents when power is removed. The advantage of flash is best understood by example:
A program or set of data could be stored into a computer or other machine at the place where the product is built. Of course, since flash won’t lose its contents even when it’s receiving no power, the product could be kept on the shelf with its memory loaded for a period of time before it’s put into service. While the product is in use, its flash chips cannot be accidentally reprogrammed, so the data or program that was stored in the product remains safely intact. At some point in the future, however, if the manufacturer of the product decided that there was a need to alter the data or the program, this could be done. The manufacturer would send to its customers a computer file containing the updated information. Along with the revised data or program would be a program for the product to use to erase the old data or program and read in the new information. |
| FLAT PANEL ANTENNA |
Flat antennas that are generally made of metal plate or foil and embedded in a label or other material. |
| FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING |
The process whereby a pre-printed label, tag or ticket is printed by using a raised image plate surface to transfer wet ink to a printing substrate. |
| FLOOD COAT |
A thin coating of ink applied to the top of printing screen by the flood bard or, in manual operations, by the squeegee prior to printing the stroke. |
| FOIL |
A cloth or plastic tape coated with several layers of material, one of which is ink like, that produces the visible marks on a substrate. Used on formed font impact, dot matrix, thermal transfer, and hot stamp printers. Also called a ribbon. |
| FONT |
A specific size and style of printer's type. |
| FORMED FONT IMPACT |
A printing method for labels consisting of a rotating drum etched with raised bars and characters. A one-time ribbon and the label move between the drum and a micro controlled hammer. |
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