Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer

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Glossary

A

Availability - Refers to the amount of time that an application is available to perform work, typically measured in percentage of uptime.

B

Bootstrap – The act of passing control over a computer to an operating system following system power-up.

C

CPU – Central Processing Unit

D

E

F

G

GB – Gigabytes

H

I

IDE – Integrated Development Environment

IP – Internet Protocol – The part of TCP/IP Protocol set that provides the routing mechanism.

J

K

L

M

Man pages - Manual pages

MIB – Management Information Base – Set of monitored items that management application and management agents use to monitor, analyze, and control the operation of managed devices.

MB - Megabytes

N

NIC – Network Interface Card

O

P

Q

R

RAID – Redundant Array of Independent Disks

S

SRM – System Resource Manager, used to configure the bootup parameters of Compaq AlphaServers.

System Partition – The name of the bootable partition used to configure Compaq

AlphaServers.

Switch – A switch is a network device that selects a path or circuit for sending a unit of data to its next destination.

T

TCP/IP – Protocol that manages the transmission of packets on a network and checks for errors.

U

URL – Universal Resource Locator – the name of a specific resource on the Internet.

V

W

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