D Glossary
ARP | Address Resolution Protocol. Associates a |
| selected IP address with a network device |
| Ethernet address. |
bps | Bits per second. |
Centronics | Parallel port interface standard found on |
| most printers. |
daemon | A continuously running process that |
| handles |
| spooling. |
default router | Local device that forwards any IP packets |
| destined for another subnet. |
destination | Logical print queue on the NIC to which |
| hosts send their print jobs. There are eight |
| destinations by default. |
DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. |
| Allows a network device to discover its IP |
| address dynamically upon bootup. The IP |
| address does not need to be stored within |
| the device itself permanently. |
Download Mode | Refers to the condition of the NIC when in |
| a startup condition, downloading |
| configuration information. |
DNS | Domain Name Server. Host providing |
| responses to queries for a given host |
| name IP address. |
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