Sun Microsystems X4150 manual network file system, Network Information, network interface card

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namespace In the tree structure of a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory, a set of unique names from which an object name is derived and understood. For example, files are named within the file namespace, and printers are named within the printer namespace.

network file system

(NFS) A protocol that enables disparate hardware configurations to function together transparently.

Network Information

Service (NIS) A system of programs and data files that UNIX systems use to collect, collate, and share specific information about machines, users, file systems, and network parameters throughout a network of computer systems.

network interface card

(NIC) An internal circuit board or card that connects a workstation or server to a networked device.

network management

station (NMS) A powerful workstation with one or more network management applications installed. The NMS is used to remotely manage a network.

network mask A number used by software to separate the local subnet address from the rest of a given Internet Protocol (IP) address.

Network Time Protocol

(NTP) An Internet standard for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networks. NTP synchronizes the clock times of networked devices with NTP servers to the millisecond using Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

node An addressable point or device on a network. A node can connect a computing system, a terminal, or various peripheral devices to the network.

nonmaskable interrupt

(NMI) A system interrupt that is not invalidated by another interrupt.

nonvolatile memory A type of memory that ensures that data is not lost when system power is off.

nonvolatile random access memory

(NVRAM) A type of random access memory (RAM) that retains information when system power is off.

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