HP Visualize J5000 - Workstation Owner's Manual page 199

Glossary
ready for use. Instant ignition is
the result of the computer's
operating system being preloaded
at the factory.
Install server. This is a
networked computer from which
file sets and operating systems can
be installed.
Internet Protocol address (IP
address) A string of characters, in
the format nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn,
that uniquely identifies a
workstation in a network. The
nnn in the format specifier above is
a one- to three-digit decimal
integer between 0 and 255,
inclusive, in which leading zeroes
are optional. The internet protocol
address is also referred to as the
"IP address."
Invisible filename A filename in
which the first character is a
period (.). Invisible filenames are
not displayed by the listing
commands such as ls and ll
without additional options, such as
-a.
IP address See Internet
Protocol address.
ISL See Initial System Loader.
K
Kernel The part of the operating
system that is an executable piece
of code responsible for managing
the computer's resources. The
kernel controls the rest of the
operating system.
L
LAN See Local Area Network.
LAN station address
Area Network station address.
Link n. A special object that
contains the name of another
object. When you specify a link as a
pathname or part of a pathname,
the system substitutes the
pathname that the link contains.
Link, v. To establish a relationship
between two objects such that one
of the objects contains only the
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
See Local
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