Networking Terms Ch.12

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auditing

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Recording selected events or actions for later review. _____ can help establish patterns and note changes in those patterns that might signal trouble.

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copy backup

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A backup type that copies all selected files without marking files as backed up.

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counter

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A certain part of an object that tracks an aspect of its behavior. For example

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daily backup

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A backup type that copies all files modified on the day of the backup; this type doesn’t mark files as backed up.

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default groups

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Special groups created during installation in a Windows environment that have pre-assigned rights.

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differential backup

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A backup type that copies all files modified since the last normal backup; this type doesn’t mark files as backed up.

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disk duplexing

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A fault-tolerant disk configuration in which data is written to two hard drives

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disk mirroring

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A fault-tolerant disk configuration in which data is written to two hard drives rather than one so that if one disk fails

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disk striping with parity

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A fault-tolerant disk configuration in which parts of several physical disks are linked in an array

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domain local groups

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Groups defined in a Windows domain that are used to assign permissions and rights to resources throughout the domain.

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Event Viewer

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A Windows Server 2000/2003 tool that records events in three logs based on type of event: Security

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fault-tolerant disk configurations

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Arrangements of physical or logical disks that ensure data remains accessible

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global groups

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Groups meant to be used in more than one domain; used to group users together who require access to similar resources.

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hard page faults

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Exceptions that occur when a program needs data that must be called back into memory from its storage space on the hard drive. Large numbers of _____slow system performance.

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incremental backup

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A backup type that copies all files modified since the last full or incremental backup; this type marks files as backed up.

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Intellimirror

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A Windows Server 2000/2003 client/server application that creates a smart backup copy of a Windows system. Users can access all files

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man pages

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Help pages in Linux/UNIX that are available for most commands and applications.

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Network Monitor

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A Windows NT and Windows 2000/2003 Server network service that you can use to capture network frames based on user-specified criteria

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normal backup

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A backup type that copies all selected files and marks files as backed up.

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object

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A system component or resource that’s accessible to a user program in Windows

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Performance Monitor

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A Windows 2000/2003/XP tool used for graphing trends based on performance counters for system objects.

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power conditioning

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A method of cleaning the power input

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raw data

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Data streams unbroken by header information.

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redundant array of independent disk (RAID)

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Two or more drives on a network server that provide fault tolerance (through disk mirroring or disk striping with parity).

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roaming profile

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A user profile in a Windows environment that’s stored on a server and can be accessed from any computer the user logs on to.

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server sessions

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Connections between a network server and another node.

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soft page faults

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Exceptions that occur when data must be called back into a program’s working set from another location in physical memory. _____ take less time to address than hard _____.

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surge protection

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Power protection that evens out spikes or sags in the main current and prevents them from affecting a computer.

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Task Manager

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A Windows monitoring tool that provides a quick summary of server and network performance.

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uninterruptible power supply (UPS)

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A power protection device that includes a battery backup to take over if the main current fails. Usually incorporates power conditioning and surge protection.

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universal groups

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Groups available in Active Directory that can contain users from any domain in the Active Directory structure and be assigned permissions and rights to any resource in Active Directory.

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working set

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Data that a program actively uses at any given time. A ______ is only a small subset of the total amount of data a program could use.