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access controls
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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
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Active Directory
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The directory service environment for Windows Server 2000/2003. Can represent complete digital model of network.
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Application server
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A specialized network server with the job of providing access to a client/server application and sometimes to the data belonging to that application
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CPU
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Centralized processing unit. A collection of circuitry (usually a single chip in PCs) that supplies the "brains" for most computers
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Client
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A computer on a network that requests resources or services from another computer
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Client/server
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A model for computing in which some computers (clients) request services and other computers (servers) respond to requests for services.
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Communication server
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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.
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Dedicated server
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A network server that acts only as a server and is not intended for regular use as a client machine
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Device sharing
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A primary purpose of networking: permitting users to share access to devices of all kinds, including servers and peripherals such as printers or scanners
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Directory server
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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.
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Domain
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A uniquely named collection of user accounts and resources that share a common security database.
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Domain controller
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Same as directory server. Also provides access controls over users, accounts, groups, computers, and other network resources
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Domain model
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A network based on a Windows server operating system with security and access controls residing in a domain controller
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E-mail
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Electronic mail. A networked application that enables you to send and receive text messages, with or without file attachments
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Fax server
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A specialized network server that can send and receive faxes via phone lines and direct them to users across the network
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File and print server
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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.
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Groups
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Named collections of user accts, usually created for a specific purpose
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Hybrid network
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A network in which elements of a server based network and a peer-to-peer network are combined and in use
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Internet
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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
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Internetwork
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A network of networks that consists of two or more physical networks. Unlike WAN, resides in one single location. Not scope of single LAN
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Intranet
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An in house TCP/IP based network for use within a company
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LAN
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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
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Mail server
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A specialized server that manages the flop of email messages for network users
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MAN
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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.
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Network administrator
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The person responsible for installing, configuring and maintaining a network, usually a server-based network such as Windows Server or Novell NetWare.
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NIS
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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
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Network medium
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A term that usually refers to the material (metallic or fiber optic cable) that links computers on a network. Or wireless communication
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NOS
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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
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Network protocols
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Sets of rules for communicating across a network. To communicate across a network successfully, computers must share a common protocol.
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Network resource
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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.
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Novell eDirectory
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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
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Peer-to-peer
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A type of networking in which each computer can be a client to other computers and also act as a server
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Peripheral device
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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
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RAM
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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.
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RRAS
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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)
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Request-response
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A description of how the client/server relationship works: A request from a client leads to some kind of response from a server.
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Server
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A computer with the job of responding to requests for services or resources from clients on a network
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Server-based
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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.
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Sharing
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One of the fundamental justifications for networking.
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Sneakernet
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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
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Specialized server
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Any special function server.
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Standalone computer
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A computer thats not attached to the network.
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Web server
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The combination of hardware and software that stores info accessible over the Internet via the WWW
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WAN
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Wide area network. An internetwork that connects multiple sites
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WPAN
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Wireless personal area network. A short range wireless networking technology used to connect a users handheld or wearable computing devices
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Workgroup model
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The Windows name for peer-to-peer network that includes one or more Windows based computers
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World Wide Web (WWW)
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Millions of documents on a network that are interlinked by hyperlinks
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