Xerox machine
         n 1: a duplicator (trade mark Xerox) that copies graphic matter
               by the action of light on an electrically charged
               photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent
               image is developed with a resinous powder [syn: {Xerox},
               {xerographic copier}, {Xerox machine}]

English Dictionary: Xerox machine	by the DICT Development Group
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
XEROX Network Services          (XNS)          [Is this the same as/a misnomer for {Xerox Network System}?]          (2003-10-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Xerox Network System          (XNS) A proprietary network architecture       developed by the Xerox Office Systems Division of {Xerox       corporation} at {Xerox PARC} in the late 1970s/early 1980s to       run on {LAN} ({Ethernet}) and {WAN} networks.   The XNS       {protocol stack} provided {routing} and {packet delivery}.          Implementations exist for {4.3BSD} derived systems and the       {Xerox Star} computers.   Novell based much of the lower layers       of their protocol suite IPX/SPX on XNS.          The main components are: Internet datagram protocol (IDP),       Routing information protocol (RIP), Packet Exchange protocol       (PEP), and Sequences packet protocol (SPP).          XNS has strong parellels to {TCP/IP} in that the {network       layer}, IDP, is roughly equivalent to IP.   RIP has the same       functions (and obviously name) as the routing information       protocol, RIP.   SPP, a connectionless transport layer       protocol, is similar to {UDP}.   PEP is also in the transport       layer but is connection-oriented and similar to TCP.          XNS specifically is no longer in use due to the all       pervasiveness of IP.          XNS denotes not only the protocol stack, but also an       architecture of standard programming interfaces, conventions,       and service functions for {authentication}, directory, filing,       {e-mail}, and {remote procedure call}.   XNS is also the name       of Xerox's implementation.          Many PC networking companies, such as {3Com}, {Banyan},       {Novell}, and {Ungermann-Bass Networks} used or use a       variation of XNS as their primary transport protocol.   XNS was       desigined to be used across a variety of communication media,       processors, and office applications.   UB, (now a part of       {Tandem Computers}) adopted XNS in developing its {Net/One}       XNS routing protocol.          [Or is it "Service(s)"?   Date?]          (2003-11-10)