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Technet Glossary
- # -On the Internet, used with e-mail to separate a person's username from the domain name. See Operating System. See Operating System. - A -Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) A service provider's policy that sets out guidelines on what is considered to be acceptable use for anyone having an account on their system. Violations of a provider's AUP usually results in the account being terminated. For instance, any Technet user attempting to send unsolicited commercial e-mail, also known as spam, will have their account deleted. Anonymous... ...FTP Many computers connected to the Internet have public access to some directories on their systems for purposes of downloading files using FTP. When connecting to an anonymous FTP server, you are generally required to log in. Type "anonymous" at the login prompt and your e-mail address at the password prompt. ...Post In UseNet news, an article that has been posted through an anonymous server so that the identity of the person posting the article is impossible to determine. A program designed to check for and remove computer viruses from an infected computer. Also known as a virus checker.
ARPAnet See Internet. An acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. Text files are often referred to as ASCII files. These are files that contain no special formatting codes such as those found in spreadsheets or word processing documents. Word processing documents can be saved in an ASCII or text format but all formatting is lost when converted. Used primarily with e-mail. An attachment is an external file, usually binary, such as a word processing document, spreadsheet, etc or graphic image that is embedded in an e-mail message. The attachment is extracted by the recipient. A regular text message can usually accompany the attached file. Used with PPP connections to verify the validity of an account. Two protocols are commonly used: 1) CHAP - Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol New Mexico Technet uses both protocols for account verification. PAP is generally regarded as more robust. Technet recommends that you set your software to use PAP if it is supported. - B -A high-speed, high-capacity connection that carries data on the Internet hundreds or even thousands of miles. The physical connection may be a satellite link or a dedicated phone line. Backbones link many smaller parts of the Internet together, much as arteries link smaller blood vessels together. As part of its commitment to high-quality service, Technet has a direct T3 connection to a backbone. Background Task See Multitasking. The amount of data an electronic device can transmit per second. Modem speeds are referred to by their baud rate sometimes called Bits Per Second (bps). Your modem may be rated at 2400 bps, 9600bps, 14.4 kbps, 28.8 kbps, 33.6 kbps, etc. Technet recommends modems rated at 28.8 kbps or higher: 14.4 kbps is required. . Bernalillo County Jail Custody List As a Premium Service, Technet users may access this list, which contains a record, updated daily, of all the prisoners in the Bernalillo County Detention Centers. Bernalillo County Treasurer's System Through an agreement between the Bernalillo County Treasurer's Office and New Mexico Technet, Technet is able to offer access to this system, which allows users to look up property tax assessments for all of Bernalillo County. This is a Premium service. The smallest unit used to measure stored data. It takes 8 bits to make a byte. On the lowest physical level, each bit is stored as either some electrical current (equal to a one) or no electrical current (equal to a zero.) This is a very reliable way of storing data, and all computers use it. A code inserted in a document or file so that it can be easily located later. In a Web Browser, a bookmark can refer to a site on the Internet that you may want to refer to often. The site is retrieved with a single click of your mouse without having to search for it over and over. 1) A software program used to display documents formatted in HTML. HTML documents are most commonly found on the Internet. See Web Browser. 2) A text-file reader used by New Mexico Technet that allows you to read and download text files found on Technet's network.
- C -A storage space that keeps frequently accessed data readily available so you don't have to retrieve it from a slower medium. You may have a memory cache, or a hard drive cache that stores files retrieved off the Internet so you don't have to retrieve them every time you use them. That component of a computer system with the circuitry to control the interpretation and execution of instructions. The CPU is made up of various components including the Arithmetic-Logic Unit (ALU), Control Unit, Read-Only Memory (ROM) and Random-Access Memory (RAM). The ALU and Control Unit are wholly contained on a chip called the microprocessor. CHAP A software program, operating system or monitor that can display only ASCII or text characters. These programs and displays cannot display graphic images. The local half (your half) of a network using client/server architecture. When connected to your Technet account, your computer is a client to Technet's server. When you click your mouse on a link, your computer sends a command to the server which responds by sending the data corresponding to the link to your computer. This may require that our server send you to another server which has the information you are requesting. Other client applications may be launched on your computer if the link you click issues such a command. Two such clients on your computer are telnet clients, such as NetTerm and a web browsing client, such as Netscape or Internet Explorer. Clients are also referred to as client applications. Clients are computers requesting a service. Servers are computers providing a service. Servers generally provide services to an arbitrary number of clients upon request. They "watch" for service requests to come in and handle them. Server programs are usually running on bigger, faster, more heavily used computers. Server programs are used to make a "site" such as an FTP site, a WWW site, a mail site, etc. Used primarily in DOS and UNIX computers, Windows 95 also has a command line interface, although it is not needed in normal operation. See also Prompt. A computer program that enables two computers to communicate over a telephone line or network.
A primary node is one of the major points in the nationwide backbone of a network that belongs to the Internet. Technet has a direct connection to a Core Node. Stands for Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit. Conceptually similar to a very high-powered and expensive modem. Used only for dedicated lines. The CSU is a device that conducts diagnostic functions on a high-speed telecommunications line. The DSU is a device that converts digital data into analog signals that can be sent over that line. Both devices are typically combined into a single unit. Such a device is needed for both ends of a T1 or T3 connection, and the units at both ends have to be from the same manufacturer. To top - D -A collection of data that is logically arranged by its contents into fields. A field contains a single piece of information such as a birth date, address, name, etc. The disk drive in a computer system where the computer looks first for operating instructions. On most PCs, this will be the "C" drive. In a Web Browser you may specify, using a URL, which page you would like to see each time you start the Browser. The Default Home Page for Technet customers is http://www.technet.nm.net/. 1) Any normal-sized computer that can sit on a desk and is designed for business functions. Smaller, more portable computers are called laptops or notebooks. Dial-Up Adapter This Windows 95 program allows your modem to use TCP/IP so it can access the Internet. The program that actually calls an Internet Service Provider to establish a PPP connection. In Windows 95, this is built into the operating system and is called the Dial-Up Adapter.
Distribution List/Mailing List A list of e-mail addresses. Distribution lists can be used to send the same e-mail message to everyone on the list at the same time. This saves time in sending the same message to each person individually. Mailing lists are often organized around a topic. Document number search A search done in SEARCHmate™ data bases that looks for the document with the number supplied by the user. Each computer on the Internet has a unique name, which is its domain name. A domain is a group of computers. For instance, any domain ending with .edu belongs to the group of education computers. Generally speaking, the ending of a domain name tells you what kind of site it is: .com stands for commercial, .org stands for non-profit organization and .gov for a government site. For example, Technet's domain name is technet.nm.net. The .net shows Technet's status as a network provider to the state of New Mexico. See Domain Name Server. Unlike IP addresses, domain names are also subject to trademark and copyright laws. A computer that does the job of converting domain names like www.technet.nm.org to IP addresses like 129.121.1.11 so they can travel across the Internet. Many sites such as Technet have a primary and a backup server for this important service. An acronym for Disk Operating System. A specialized, disk-oriented program that lets the user access and control the disk drive. DOS was the most widely used PC operating system until supplanted by Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. A line printer that uses dots to create letters. Due to their much slower speed, they are generally being used less in favor of page printers such as laser printers.
Some of the definitions were adapted or taken from: Que's Computer & Internet Dictionary, 6th Edition Webster's New World Dictionary of Computer Terms, Third Edition |
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