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Issue 2.0 UM8000
By supporting the LDAP protocol in Active Directory, Microsoft provides the
infrastructure within its operating systems to provide user-empowering interoperability
within a heterogeneous computing environment.
MAPI - UNIVERGE UM8500 uses extended MAPI (sometimes called MAPI 2.0) to
communicate with the message database application.
MAPI is a set of API functions, and an OLE interface that lets messaging clients, such
as Microsoft Outlook, interact with various message service providers, such as
Microsoft Exchange Server and various computer telephony servers running under
Windows NT server.
MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension. This protocol is designed for
transmitting mixed-media files across TCP/IP networks. The MIME protocol, which is
actually an extension of SMTP, covers binary, audio, and video data.
MSDE – Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Edition. A data engine built on Microsoft
SQL Server technology used as a relational database.
ODBC - Open Database Connectivity is a standard that allows databases created by
various relational and non-relational database programs—such as dBASE, Microsoft
Access, Microsoft FoxPro, and Oracle—to be accessed by a common interface.
OLE - Object Linking and Embedding. A software technology that allows Windows
programs to exchange information and work together. For instance, a word
processing document with OLE capabilities could contain a link to a chart created in a
spreadsheet.
POP3 - Post Office Protocol. An e-mail server protocol used by the Internet. You use
POP3 to get your mail and download it to your PC using SMTP.
RPC - Remote Procedure Call. A protocol governing the method with which an
application activates processes on other nodes and retrieves the results.
SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. An application-level protocol which runs over
TCP/IP, supporting text-oriented e-mail between devices supporting Message
Handling Service (MHS). MIME is an SMTP extension supporting compound mail,
which is integrated mail, including perhaps e-mail, image, voice, and video mail.
SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol. SNMP is the most common method
by which network management applications can query a management agent using a
supported MIB (Management Information Base).
SQL - Structured Query Language. The industry standard for access to relational
databases.
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