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access controls
Methods for imposing controls that allow or deny users access to network resources, usually based on a user's account or a group to which the user belongs
Active Directory
The directory service environment for Windows Server 2000/2003. Can represent complete digital model of network.
Application server
A specialized network server with the job of providing access to a client/server application and sometimes to the data belonging to that application
CPU
Centralized processing unit. A collection of circuitry (usually a single chip in PCs) that supplies the "brains" for most computers
Client
A computer on a network that requests resources or services from another computer
Client/server
A model for computing in which some computers (clients) request services and other computers (servers) respond to requests for services.
Communication server
A specialized network server that provides access to resources for users not directly attached to the network or enables users to access external resources not directly attached to the network.
Dedicated server
A network server that acts only as a server and is not intended for regular use as a client machine
Device sharing
A primary purpose of networking: permitting users to share access to devices of all kinds, including servers and peripherals such as printers or scanners
Directory server
A specialized server with the job of responding to requests for specific resources, services, users, groups, and so on. More commonly called Domain Controller in Windows Server networking environments.
Domain
A uniquely named collection of user accounts and resources that share a common security database.
Domain controller
Same as directory server. Also provides access controls over users, accounts, groups, computers, and other network resources
Domain model
A network based on a Windows server operating system with security and access controls residing in a domain controller
E-mail
Electronic mail. A networked application that enables you to send and receive text messages, with or without file attachments
Fax server
A specialized network server that can send and receive faxes via phone lines and direct them to users across the network
File and print server
The most common type of network server (not considered a specialized server). Provides file storage and retrieval services across the network and handles print jobs for users.
Groups
Named collections of user accts, usually created for a specific purpose
Hybrid network
A network in which elements of a server based network and a peer-to-peer network are combined and in use
Internet
A vast public wide area internetwork that makes it possible for any computer in the world to communicate with any other computer in the world using standard technologies and protocol
Internetwork
A network of networks that consists of two or more physical networks. Unlike WAN, resides in one single location. Not scope of single LAN
Intranet
An in house TCP/IP based network for use within a company
LAN
Local area network. A collection of computers and other networked devices that fits within the scope of a single physical network and provides a building block for internetworks and WANs
Mail server
A specialized server that manages the flop of email messages for network users
MAN
Metropolitan area network. Uses WAN technologies to interconnnect LANs within a specific geographic region, such as a country or a city. Offers services for price or membership.
Network administrator
The person responsible for installing, configuring and maintaining a network, usually a server-based network such as Windows Server or Novell NetWare.
NIS
Network information service. A service available on the Linux OS that provides a central database for user names and pswds, which controls user access to network resources
Network medium
A term that usually refers to the material (metallic or fiber optic cable) that links computers on a network. Or wireless communication
NOS
Network OS. A specialized collection of software that enables a computer to communicate over a network and take advantage of a broad range of networking services. Windows Server 2003, Linux, Novell NetWare
Network protocols
Sets of rules for communicating across a network. To communicate across a network successfully, computers must share a common protocol.
Network resource
Any kind of device, info or service available across a network. A network resource could be a set of files, an app or a service, or a network-accessible peripheral device.
Novell eDirectory
The centralized database of user, group, and resource information that enables NetWare servers to handle network logins and resource access requests and to manage resource info for an entire network
Peer-to-peer
A type of networking in which each computer can be a client to other computers and also act as a server
Peripheral device
Any hardware component on a computer that's not the CPU. In a networking context, it usually refers to some kind of device, such as a printer, that users can share across the network
RAM
Random access memory. The memory cards or chips on a PC that provide working space for the CPU to use when running apps, providing network services, and so on. Where RAM on a server is concerned, more is better.
RRAS
Routing And Remote Access Service. A software component bundled in Windows Server that combines RAS (remote access service) and Multi-protocol routing. Packet filtering, demand-dial routing, support for OSPF (open shortest path first)
Request-response
A description of how the client/server relationship works: A request from a client leads to some kind of response from a server.
Server
A computer with the job of responding to requests for services or resources from clients on a network
Server-based
A type of model of networking that requires a server to provide services and resources and to manage and control access to those services/resources. Client/server.
Sharing
One of the fundamental justifications for networking.
Sneakernet
A metaphorical description of a non-networked data exchange method. Copying files on a disk at one computer and then hand-carries disk to another computer
Specialized server
Any special function server.
Standalone computer
A computer thats not attached to the network.
Web server
The combination of hardware and software that stores info accessible over the Internet via the WWW
WAN
Wide area network. An internetwork that connects multiple sites
WPAN
Wireless personal area network. A short range wireless networking technology used to connect a users handheld or wearable computing devices
Workgroup model
The Windows name for peer-to-peer network that includes one or more Windows based computers
World Wide Web (WWW)
Millions of documents on a network that are interlinked by hyperlinks