Pioneer DRM-6NX manual Appendix E Glossary

Appendix E: Glossary

AIX	Advanced Interactive eXecutive; A version of the UNIX operating system from
	IBM that runs on various IBM computers including Mainframe systems
ARP	Address Resolution Protocol; A protocol within TCP/IP networks that allows a
	host to find the physical address of a node on the same network
BOOTP	Boot Protocol; A TCP/IP protocol which allows an Internet node to discover certain
	startup information such as its Internet address
BSD	Berkeley Software Distribution; University of California, Berkeley additions to the
	UNIX operating system
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol; A system based on network interface card
	addresses for allocating Internet addresses and other configuration information for
	networked systems
DNS	Domain Name Service; Reflects the server names and addresses within a network
DSS	Domain SAP/RIP Services; Provides a source of SAP/RIP information in a NetWare
	environment
DVD	Digital Versatile Disk; An optical disk that store up to 16 times more information than
	a standard CD-ROM disk (developed for video, multimedia, etc.)
FAT	File Allocation Table; A file system originally invented for the DOS Operating System
FTP	File Transfer Protocol; The TCP/IP protocol used for logging in to a network and
	transferring files
HTML	Hypertext Markup Language; A standard hypertext language used for creating World
	Wide Web pages and other hypertext documents
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol; The TCP/IP protocol for Web based communication
IP	Internet Protocol; The TCP/IP session-layer protocol that regulates packet forwarding
	by tracking Internet addresses, routing outgoing messages and recognizing incoming
	messages
LED	Light Emitting Diode; A small light acting as an indicator for status or activity
MIB	Management Information Base; A database of network configuration information
	used by SNMP and CMIP to monitor or change network settings
NCP	NetWare Core Protocol; Method for Network clients to request services of servers
	and for the servers to provide services, such as file and print services
NDS	NetWare Directory Services; Manages network resources such as NetWare servers
	and volumes
NIS	Network Information Services; The security and file-access databases on UNIX
	systems, previously known as the 'Yellow Pages'
NTP	Network Time Protocol; Used by Internet time servers and their peers to synchronize
	clocks as well as automatically organize and maintain the time synchronization
	of the subnet
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