Key Words

access time

accounts payable

accounts receivable

back office

balance sheet

banquet sheet

brownouts

call accounting

computer supplies

CPS (characters per second)

credit

cursor

debit balance

direct-mail letters

disk drive

dot-matrix

draft-style

E-mail

ergonomics

fire-safety display terminal

floor limit

flow analysis processes

function sheets

gigabyte

guest histories

hardware

house limit

ink-jet

inquiries/reports

in-room guest checkout

interfacing

Internet

I/O ports (input/output devices)

keyboard

keypad

laser

letter-quality

main menu

megabyte

megahertz

modem

monitor

needs analysis

on-line

outstanding balance report

paid in advance (PIA)

payback period

point-of-sale

posting

printer

processor speed

profit-and-loss statement

property management system (PMS)

ppm (pages per minute)

rack rate

room status

self-check-in process

single-sheet

software

tickler files

touch screen

tractor-fed

yield management

Zip drive