Glossary - Axentra net-box Getting Started Manual

Axentra™ Net-Box Getting Started Guide

GLOSSARY

Axentra Net-Box Glossary
This is a list of commonly used terms and acronyms that you may find helpful.
Apache server - an open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems including UNIX, Linux , and
Windows. It provides HTTP services that are compliant with the current HTTP standards. Basically,
Apache is the gatekeeper of your Axentra Server, it receives requests from clients, finds and initializes
the required service to implement the request, receives the requested data, and sends the data back to
the client.
Application- a shorter form of "application program." An application program is a software program
designed to perform a specific function directly for the user or, in some cases, for another application
program. Examples of applications include word processors, database programs, Web browsers,
development tools, drawing, paint, image editing programs, and communication programs.
Bookmark - a saved link in a World Wide Web browser to a web page. The list that contains your
bookmarks is the "bookmark list."
Boot - As a verb, to boot; also "to boot up." To boot (up) a computer is to load an operating system into
the computer's main memory. (Simply put, it means to start up a computer.) Once the operating system is
loaded, it is ready to run applications.
Broadband - a data transmission scheme where multiple signals share the bandwidth of a medium. For
example, broadband techniques are used to deliver dozens of channels and high speed Internet service
sharing the same CATV cable by means of a Cable modem. Similarly, high-speed Internet service can be
delivered using a DSL modem over the same POTS (plain old telephone system) wire with existing voice
service.
Browser - an application program that provides a way to look at and interact with all the information on
the World Wide Web, for example, Netscape, Mozilla or Internet Explorer.
Client - a computer program that requests services from other computer programs in the same or other
computers. For example, a Web browser acts as a client when it requests pages from servers on the
Web. The browser is a client in its relationship with the computer that is getting and returning the
requested HTML file. The computer that handles the request and sends back the HTML file is a server.
Client/Server - describes the relationship between two computer programs in which one program, the
client, makes a service request from another program, the server, which fulfills the request. For example,
to check your bank balance from your computer, a client program in your computer forwards your request
to a server program at the bank. The server the computer program that can retrieve your banking
information from the computer that is storing it. (The computer that is storing the information is the "server
machine.") The bank server computer retrieves your bank balance and sends it back to the client in your
personal computer, which displays the information for you.
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