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| | Developers may wish to note that additional documentation, including HOWTO documents and a FAQ, can be found on our development web site - http://wiki.contribs.org/. There are also links there to other web sites relating to the server. | | Developers may wish to note that additional documentation, including HOWTO documents and a FAQ, can be found on our development web site - http://wiki.contribs.org/. There are also links there to other web sites relating to the server. |
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| − | ====Appendix E. Glossary====
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| − | Below are some useful terms and their definitions as used in this guide.
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| − | ADSL
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| − | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. ADSL is a technology to transmit digital
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| − | information at high bandwidths across existing copper phone lines. Download
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| − | speeds are typically much faster than upload speeds (hence the term "asymmetric").
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| − | Domain Name
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| − | This refers to the unique name attached to your organization on the Internet.
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| − | For example, "tofu-dog.com" or "contribs.org". If you don't have a domain name,
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| − | your ISP can help you select one, ensure it is available, and register it.
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| − | DNS
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| − | Domain Name Service. Refers to the software and protocols involved in translating
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| − | domain names to IP addresses. Your server provides DNS lookup services for your local
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| − | network, and your ISP typically also provides you with the IP addresses of DNS servers.
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| − | These servers do not need to be configured into your server as the DNS server that is
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| − | provided with your server will correctly resolve all local and Internet names.
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| − | ETRN
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| − | ETRN is a command used for dialup solutions in order to retrieve e-mail temporarily
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| − | stored at your ISP
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| − | Gateway IP Address
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| − | A gateway is the device on your network that forwards packets to and from the Internet.
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| − | The gateway IP address is the IP address for that device.
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| − | i-bay
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| − | Information Bay. A mechanism for creating intranets, extranets, shared directories
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| − | and other resources
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| − | ISDN
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| − | Integrated Services Digital Network. Digital modem line. Provides higher speeds than
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| − | K56/V90. Single channel ISDN provides speeds of 56K to 64K. Dual channel ISDN
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| − | provides speeds of 110K to 128K.
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| − | ISO
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| − | 1. International Organization for Standardization.
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| − | Relevant link: www.iso.org - ISO Home Page
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| − | 2. ISO followed by a number is used to identify one of the published ISO standards.
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| − | Relevant link: www.standardsglossary.com - ISO Standards Glossary, lists all the
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| − | international standards published by ISO and provides a quick reference for looking
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| − | up the topic of an ISO standard.
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| − | ISP
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| − | Internet Service Provider
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| − | LDAP
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| − | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
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| − | PPTP
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| − | Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (see VPN)
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| − | RAID1
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| − | Disk mirroring
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| − | SCSI
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| − | Small Computer Systems Interface
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| − | SME
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| − | Small and Medium Enterprise
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| − | SSH
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| − | Secure shell. A secure, encrypted way to log in to a remote machine across a network,
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| − | or to copy files from a local machine to a server
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| − | VPN
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| − | Virtual Private Network (see PPTP)
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