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Thick Client Fully featured computer connected to a network. Can perform most processing functions on its own, and becomes a “client” of the server only when it needs to access programs or files not stored on its hard disk.

Thin Client A thin client is a computer with little or no processing power. Instead, thin clients rely on the central server to which they are connected for processing activities, and are used primary to exchange data with the server. Thin clients frequently lack a hard disk, and thus are cheaper to buy and maintain than thick clients.

Thresholding
When converting a pixel from grayscale to black and white, the threshold is the gray value above which it will be considered white, and below or equal to it will be considered black.

TIFF Tagged Image File Format, the primary format used by document imaging systems. Incorporates several forms of compression. Can store multiple page documents as a single file (as opposed to creating separate files for each page).

Transaction Capture Capturing information or data from documents and forms specifically to initiate, continue or conclude a business process.

Transformation The process of automatically and intelligently extracting, classifying, indexing and validating information from documents and forms.

TWAIN A technology standard defining how images are acquired from a document scanner. Not an acronym; taken from a line of Rudyard Kipling’s poetry “…and never the twain shall meet.” Twain is a archaic form of the word two. The term was chosen because in the time before the standard was first released (1992), there had been a great deal of difficulty getting two devices—the scanner and the PC— to communicate with each other: Unofficial acronyms include: Technology Without An Interesting Name.

Glossary compiled from a variety of sources, including Kofax, MS Tech Net and Wikipedia.

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Thick Client	Fully featured computer connected to a network. Can perform most processing functions on its own, and becomes a “client” of the server only when it needs to access programs or files not stored on its hard disk.
Thin Client	A thin client is a computer with little or no processing power. Instead, thin clients rely on the central server to which they are connected for processing activities, and are used primary to exchange data with the server. Thin clients frequently lack a hard disk, and thus are cheaper to buy and maintain than thick clients.
Thresholding	When converting a pixel from grayscale to black and white, the threshold is the gray value above which it will be considered white, and below or equal to it will be considered black.
TIFF	Tagged Image File Format, the primary format used by document imaging systems. Incorporates several forms of compression. Can store multiple page documents as a single file (as opposed to creating separate files for each page).
Transaction Capture	Capturing information or data from documents and forms specifically to initiate, continue or conclude a business process.
Transformation	The process of automatically and intelligently extracting, classifying, indexing and validating information from documents and forms.
TWAIN	A technology standard defining how images are acquired from a document scanner. Not an acronym; taken from a line of Rudyard Kipling’s poetry “…and never the twain shall meet.” Twain is a archaic form of the word two. The term was chosen because in the time before the standard was first released (1992), there had been a great deal of difficulty getting two devices—the scanner and the PC— to communicate with each other: Unofficial acronyms include: Technology Without An Interesting Name.