NextGen® Document Management Terminology

Term	Definition
Image acquisition device	A device that acquires images using the TWAIN protocol, such as a scanner.
Image	An item containing visual information such as an X-ray.
Document	An item containing text. When you scan an item and store it in NextGen® Document Management, the item becomes an image. All the items that you can search, view, and manipulate with NextGen® Document Management are technically images. Some are images of documents, while others are images of images.
TWAIN	A standard software protocol and applications programming interface (API) that regulates communication between software applications and image acquisition devices.
Remote scanning	An ability to operate a separate NextGen® Document Management at a remote location that uses the main image archive, located at the primary location. This process minimizes the network congestion due to image data.
Transfer interval	A period of time permitted to pass between the transference of segments of an image to or from a remote location.
Sleep interval	A period of time permitted to pass between the transference of separate images to or from a remote location.