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GLOSSARY
directory
OTE
Ethernet
extension
file server
function
host
icon
initfile
Installer menu
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A set of one or more files that are stored
together in the same place on a device.
Abbreviation for Data Terminal Equipment.
An interface suitable for common carrier
communications.
Communication line used
multiple systems having
interfaces.
to connect
compatible
The second part of a file name, usually used
to indicate the type of file. It is separated
from the first part of the file name (which
indicates what the file contains) by a
period.
Computer attached to the network that
provides file storage and retrieval service.
A Lisp procedure that carries out a series of
steps to produce some result. A function
has a name and zero or more arguments on
which it does its work.
Any machine on a network. Often used to
refer specifically to a machine that provides
a network service, such as filing.
A pictorial representation, usually of a
shrunken window.
Abbreviated form of initialization file. A
file containing user-specified programs. An
init file allows you to personalize your
Interlisp-D world by automatically including
those programs that are most useful every
time you log in.
The menu referred to in chapter 4, Software
Installation, that offers 17 options, to which
you respond by typing the number of the
chosen item.
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