Network Administrator

Glossary

A user who plans, configures and manages network operations. Sometimes, a network administrator is called a system administrator.

Notification Area

This refers to the right area of the Taskbar including program icons such as the volume control, the power options and the time.

Partition

This refers to the act or practice of dividing the storage space of a hard disk drive into separate data areas known as partitions. If a 100GB hard disk drive is partitioned into 2 x 50GB partitions, the hard disk drive can be used as if there are 2 hard disk drives.

PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) card

This is an extended card slot specification for mobile computers such as a notebook computer. Not only a memory, device but also most peripherals such as hard disk drives, LAN cards, etc. can be connected to this card slot.

Protocol

A protocol is a set of rules used by computers to communicate with each other across a network. A protocol is a convention or standard that controls or enables the connection, communication, and data transfer between computing endpoints. It defines the data transmission procedures and the transmission medium for more efficient network functions.

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Quick Launch

This refers to a toolbar that can be configured so that you can launch a program such as Internet Explorer or display the Windows Desktop with one click. You can add any icon to the quick launch area of the Taskbar and launch frequently used program by clicking that icon.

SD (Secure Digital) card

An SD card is a flash (non-volatile) memory card developed for mobile devices by improving on the MMC card. Although an MMC card can be used in an SD card slot, an SD card is not recognized when inserted into an MMC card.

SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) card

This is the extension of the SD card that supports over 2GB bytes.

Server

In general, a server refers to a computer that provides shared resources for network users.

This refers to setting a resource of a computer such as a folder or printer so that other users can also use it.

Shared Folder

A folder that can be used by other users on the network.

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