Glossary - NComputing L300 User Manual

Client Device: a network computing device using NComputing patented technology. It doesn't
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use CPU, VGA, and PC chipsets; it only uses a programmable SoC to connect to a Host PC. An
access device using NComputing User eXtension Protocol (UXP) can be connected to Host PCs by
using the LAN cable. Also, it can be connected to remote PCs through the Internet using TCP/IP.
Administrator: a person who is responsible for managing a multi-user computing environment,
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such as a local area network (LAN). The responsibilities of the system administrator typically
include: installing and configuring system hardware and software; establishing and managing
user accounts; upgrading software; and backup and recovery tasks.
Alias: a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to her or his true name.
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Client/Server: describes the relationship between two computer programs in which one
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program, the client, makes a service request from another program, the server, which fulfills the
request.
Console: the text entry and display device for system administration messages, particularly
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those from the BIOS or boot loader, the kernel, the init system and the system logger.
DHCP: (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a communications protocol that lets network
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administrators centrally manage and automate the assignment of Internet Protocol (IP)
addresses in an organization's network. Without DHCP, the IP address must be entered
manually at each computer in an organization and a new IP address must be entered each time
a computer moves to a new location on the network.
Download: the transmission of a file from one computer system to another.
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Ethernet: the most widely-installed local area network (LAN) technology - specified in a
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standard, IEEE 802.3.
Firewall: a set of related programs (located at a network gateway server) that protect the
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resources of a private network from users on other networks and control what outside
resources its own users have access to. (The term also implies the security policy that is used
with the programs.)
Gateway: a network point that acts as an entrance to another network. On the Internet, a node
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or stopping point can be either a gateway node or a host (end-point) node.
Host Computer: a computer in which the vSpace Server software has been installed
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IP Address: the Internet Protocol (IP) is basically the set of rules for one network communicating
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with any other (or occasionally, for broadcast messages, all other networks). Each network must
know its own address on the Internet and that of any other networks with which it
communicates. To be part of the Internet, an organization needs an Internet network number,
which it can request from the Network Information Center (NIC). This unique network number is
included in any packet sent out of the network onto the Internet.
LAN: local area network (LAN) is a group of computers and associated devices that share a
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common communications line or wireless link and typically share the resources of a single
processor or server within a small geographic area (for example, within an office building).
Usually, the server has applications and data storage that are shared in common by multiple
computer users. A local area network may serve as few as two or three users (for example, in a
home network) or as many as thousands of users (for example, in an FDDI network).
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