Appendix C. Glossary
Authentication: The procedure to verify user identity as a security measure. Passwords and digital signatures are the most popular forms.
BOOTP: Bootstrap Protocol, a method to determine the IP address of a diskless system when it is connected to a network. Please refer to RFC 951 for the offi- cial specification.
Domain Name System (DNS): The online distributed database system used by the Internet to map computer names to IP addresses. This creates a unique identifier that allows each computer that accesses the Internet to be placed into a related group for easier administration. Some computers may have more than one domain name. “www.asante.com” is an example of a domain name, where the “.com” indicates a company or commercial organization. Other types of do- main name types are ".org"
DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A platform independent protocol that provides a means to automatically assign (dynamically allocate) IP ad- dresses to computers on a local area network. Please refer to RFC 2131 for the official specification for DHCP.
Email: an electronic method of sending messages to other computers via an email application program.
FTP: File Transfer Protocol. Allows a user on one computer to transfer files to and from another computer over a TCP/IP network. Requires software on both the client and the server. A computer which runs FTP Server software and is used to store files for downloading, is called an FTP site or FTP Server.
HTML: HyperText Markup Language – a text based language used to build web pages and interpreted by web browsers. Because the files are not restricted to a single type of operating system, this allows web sites to be platform independ- ent; that is, to be viewed by computers regardless of their platform.
HTTP: HyperText Transmission Protocol. The protocol that computers use for accessing web pages on the Internet.
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