HP Visualize c3700 Owner's Manual page 216

Glossary
information required to associate it
with the other, "real," object.
Local area network (LAN) A
data communications system that
allows a number of independent
devices to communicate with each
other. The systems and clusters
that share data, hardware, and
software resources via Networking
Services software.
Local area network system
address The label that uniquely
identifies the local area network
(LAN) connection for your
workstation at the hardware level.
This 48-bit number is preassigned
by HP on their computers and it
must never be changed.
Log in v. To initially sign on to the
system so that you may begin to
use it. This creates your first user
process. See also username.
Login n. A session. Or, a string of
characters that uniquely identifies
a user of the system. See also
session, user account, and
username.
Login directory The directory in
which you are placed when you log
in, usually your home directory.
See also home directory.
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Login manager The program
that controls the initial startup of
HP CDE and accepts the user's
username and password.
Login script The shell program
that runs at each login, and sets
the login environment for your
system.
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Menu bar An area at the top or
bottom of a window that contain
the titles of the pull-down or
pop-up menus for that application.
Minimize button In HP CDE, a
push-button on the window frame
that turns a screen into an icon.
See also icon, iconize.
Monitor type. A monitor path
name (graphics(1) through
graphics(6)) that is associated with
a particular resolution and refresh
frequency at which you want your
monitor to operate. The monitor
type is selected using the Boot
Console Interface. See Chapter 5.
Mouse pointer. See pointer.