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system time The time designated by the Solaris operating environment when the SunPCi
card is booted.
T
TARFile (Tape ARchive) A file containing archived data created by the UNIX tar
program. The TARprogram combines a group of files into a single file.
U
unformatted disk A disk that contains no file system or partitioning.
update (drivers) Terminologyused when you update SunPCi drivers to a new version, while
still using the same operating system, such as SunPCi 3.1 to SunPCi 3.2.
upgrade (drivers) Terminologyused when you upgrade the current operating system from a
previous version, such as Windows2000 to Windows XP.
USB (Universal Serial Bus) An external bus standard that supports data transfer
rates of 12 Mbps (USB 1.1) or 450 Mbps (USB 2.0). A single USB port can be
usedto connect up to 127 peripheral devices such as mice, modems, keyboards
and printers.
V
virtual Ethernet Utility provided in the SunPCi softwarewhich allows users to use the internal
networking driver (NDIS driver) in the SunPCi software and connect through
their system’s Ethernet connection. See also physical Ethernet.
VGA (VideoGraphics Array) A graphics display system for PC’s. In text mode,
provides resolutionof 720x400 pixels. In graphics mode, resolution is either
640x480 (16-bit) or 320x200 (8-bit).
VNC (VirtualNetwork Computing) A customized version of the GNU Public-
Licensed (GPL) software productfrom AT&T Laboratories that allows remote
administration of the SunPCi product.