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Glossary

iconize To turn a window or shell into an icon. See also icon.

Initial System Loader The program that actually controls the loading of the operating system.

input device Any of several pieces of hardware equipment used to give infor- mation to a system. Examples are the keyboard and the mouse. See also out- put device.

input window The window that dis- plays a program’s prompt and any com- mands typed but not yet executed.

internet protocol address (IP ad- dress) A string of characters that uniquely identifies a workstation in a network. Also referred to as the IP ad- dress, the system name, and the host name.

invisible filename A filename in which the first character is a dot (.). Invisible filenames are not displayed by the listing commands such as ls and ll without add options, such as -a.

IP address See internet protocol ad- dress.

ISL See Initial System Loader.

kernel The part of the operating system that is an executable piece of code re- sponsible for managing the computer’s resources. The kernel controls the rest of the operating system.

LAN See local area network.

LAN station address See local area network station address.

link n. A special object that contains the name of another object. When you spec- ify a link as a pathname or part of a path- name, the system substitutes the pathname that the link contains.

v. To join together two or more objects.

local area network (LAN) A data communications system that allows a number of independent devices to com- municate with each other. The systems and clusters that share data, hardware, and software resources via Networking Services software.

local area network system address The label that uniquely identifies the lo- cal area network (LAN) connection for your workstation at the hardware level.

log in To initially sign on to the system so that you may begin to use it. This cre- ates your first user process. See also username.

login directory The directory in which you are placed when you log in, usually your home directory. See also home di- rectory.

Login Manager The program that con- trols the initial startup of HP VUE and accepts the user’s username and pass- word.

login script The shell program that runs at each login, and sets the login environ- ment for your system.

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