FILE 3.5

The DEVICE File (#3.5) is stored in the global root of ^%ZIS(1, and each entry corresponds to a name for I/O (Input and Output) in the VistA system. Generally speaking characters are sent to and received from an I/O device in most computer systems as a normal part of interaction with a user. The devices in VistA are segmented by the TYPE Field which has the following values:

: TERMINAL;

:OTHER;

:MAGTAPE;

:SDP;

:SPOOL;

:BARCODE READER;

:HOST FILE SERVER;

:VIRTUAL TERMINAL;

:HUNT GROUP;

:RESOURCES;

:NETWORK CHANNEL;

:IMAGING WORK STATION