Print Screen key
Often abbreviated Prt Scr, the Print Screen key is a useful key supported on most PCs. In DOS, pressing the Print Screen key causes the computer to send whatever images and text are currently on the display screen to the printer. Some graphics programs, including Windows, use the Print Screen key to obtain screen captures.
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In video editing software, “Print to Video” is a common command that enables you to either play a movie in the center of your screen (with the rest of the screen blacked out) or output a finished movie to videotape. Also called ‘Print to Tape’, depending on the video editing software.
- Prism
Acronym for Publishers Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata, a standard for metadata oriented toward magazine publishers that contains a lightweight rights description language, governed by IDEAlliance. Prism can also refer to the PRISM Program, a massive surveillance program operated by the United States National Security Agency (NSA).
- Private PAD
A hardware device with several asynchronous connectors and an X.25 attachment. This commercially available device can be connected to a public or private X.25 PSDN and has the same capabilities as a public PAD. [Source: IBM Information center]
- Procmail
Procmail is a mail processing utility for Unix. Procmail helps you filter your e-mail; sort incoming mail according to sender, subject line, length of message, keywords in the message. It also allows users to implement an ftp-by-mail server and more.
- Prodigy
An online services developed jointly by IBM and Sears.