Appendix Glossary
Appendix Glossary
Bindery service
A system used to manage network user information in a database for each server. Mainly, used with NetWare 3.x and earlier.
BOOTP
A protocol used to automatically allocate TCP/IP parameters (eg. IP address) to the client on the TCP/IP network from the server.
DHCP
A protocol used to dynamically allocate IP addresses to the host.
Frame type
Packet data format used with Ethernet.
Hardware address
A unique hardware address assigned to the network interface of the device connected to an Ethernet.
Host name
A character string representing the name of the host, which is allocated to the IP address.
IP address
An address identifying the host at the data source and destination with an IP connection.
IPX address
An address identifying the data source and destination nodes with the IPX connection.
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