Cyclades 2.3.0 Domain Name Server. The computer you use to access, Addresses, Listed Domain Name

	Glossary
DNS Server	Domain Name Server. The computer you use to access the
	DNS to allow you to contact other computers on the Internet.
	The server keeps a database of host computers and their IP
	addresses.
Domain Name	The unique name that identifies an Internet site. Domain
	Names always have 2 or more parts, separated by dots. The
	part on the left is the most specific, and the part on the right is
	the most general. A given machine may have more than one
	Domain Name but a given Domain Name points to only one
	machine. For example, the domain names: matisse.net,
	mail.matisse.net, workshop.matisse.net can all refer to the
	same machine, but each domain name can refer to no more
	than one machine. Usually, all of the machines on a given
	Network will have the same thing as the right-hand portion of
	their Domain Names (matisse.net in the examples above). It
	is also possible for a Domain Name to exist but not be
	connected to an actual machine. This is often done so that a
	group or business can have an Internet e-mail address
	without having to establish a real Internet site. In these cases,
	some real Internet machine must handle the mail on behalf of
	the listed Domain Name.
Escape Sequence	A sequence of special characters that sends a command to a
	device or program. Typically, an escape sequence begins with
	an escape character, but this is not universally true.
	An escape sequence is commonly used when the computer
	and the peripheral have only a single channel in which to
	send information back and forth. If the device in question is
	"dumb" and can only do one thing with the information being
	sent to it (for instance, print it) then there is no need for an
	escape sequence. However most devices have more than one
	capability, and thus need some way to tell data from
	commands.
Ethernet	A LAN cable-and-access protocol that uses twisted-pair or
	coaxial cables and CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple
	Access with Collision Detection), a method for sharing

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