Appendix D | Glossary |
| MAPI |
| Messaging Applications Program Interface, a popular method for applications programs to send |
| through Windows operating systems. |
| MIO |
| Modular I/O, the internal bus on newer HP printers that connects to network interface cards. |
| MOP |
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| multiprotocol |
| Refers to the ability to handle multiple protocols simultaneously. In a print server, this means that multiple |
| computers can concurrently send print jobs to the same printer. |
| Name Server |
| A node on a TCP/IP network that provides a list of all nodes on the network. The name server is accessible from |
| any node, and eliminates the need to have separate hosts files on each node. |
| NCL |
| Network Control Language, the method in OpenVMS V6.1 and later for accessing and maintaining remote |
| devices. Replaces NCP. |
| NCP |
| Network Control Program, a VMS utility for accessing and maintaining remote devices. |
| NDS |
| NetWare Directory Services, a database of network entities in NetWare 4.xx, such as users, file servers, print |
| servers, etc. NDS is a global directory service, which means that users anywhere on a network can access a |
| service such as a printer by name without being logged into the file server that offers that service. |
| NDPS |
| Novell Distributed Print Services is a method for configuring printers in NetWare 5.0 and later systems. |
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