- Add more entries and extend corss-references

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Gabor Kovesdan 2008-06-15 12:24:56 +00:00
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<glossterm>Access Control List</glossterm> <glossterm>Access Control List</glossterm>
<acronym>ACL</acronym> <acronym>ACL</acronym>
<glossdef> <glossdef>
<para></para> <para>A list of permissions attached to an object, usually either a
file or a network device.</para>
</glossdef> </glossdef>
</glossentry> </glossentry>
@ -151,7 +152,11 @@
<glossterm>Advanced Power Management</glossterm> <glossterm>Advanced Power Management</glossterm>
<acronym>APM</acronym> <acronym>APM</acronym>
<glossdef> <glossdef>
<para></para> <para>An <acronym>API</acronym> enabling the operating system to work
in conjunction with the <acronym>BIOS</acronym> in order to achieve
power management. <acronym>APM</acronym> has been superseded by
the much more generic and powerful <acronym>ACPI</acronym>
specification for most applications.</para>
</glossdef> </glossdef>
</glossentry> </glossentry>
@ -340,7 +345,8 @@
<glossterm>Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol</glossterm> <glossterm>Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol</glossterm>
<acronym>CHAP</acronym> <acronym>CHAP</acronym>
<glossdef> <glossdef>
<para></para> <para>A method of authenticating a user, based on a secret shared
between client and server.</para>
</glossdef> </glossdef>
</glossentry> </glossentry>
@ -358,6 +364,7 @@
<glossdef> <glossdef>
<para>An <acronym>RS232C</acronym> signal giving the remote system <para>An <acronym>RS232C</acronym> signal giving the remote system
permission to send data.</para> permission to send data.</para>
<glossseealso otherterm="rts-glossary">
</glossdef> </glossdef>
</glossentry> </glossentry>
@ -455,6 +462,7 @@
<para>An <acronym>RS232C</acronym> signal sent from the modem to the <para>An <acronym>RS232C</acronym> signal sent from the modem to the
computer or terminal indicating a readiness to send and receive computer or terminal indicating a readiness to send and receive
data.</para> data.</para>
<glossseealso otherterm="dtr-glossary">
</glossdef> </glossdef>
</glossentry> </glossentry>
@ -482,7 +490,8 @@
<glossterm>Differentiated System Description Table</glossterm> <glossterm>Differentiated System Description Table</glossterm>
<acronym>DSDT</acronym> <acronym>DSDT</acronym>
<glossdef> <glossdef>
<para></para> <para>An <acronym>ACPI</acronym> table, supplying basic configuration
information about the base system.</para>
</glossdef> </glossdef>
</glossentry> </glossentry>
@ -1135,7 +1144,9 @@
<glossterm>Network Address Translation</glossterm> <glossterm>Network Address Translation</glossterm>
<acronym>NAT</acronym> <acronym>NAT</acronym>
<glossdef> <glossdef>
<para></para> <para>A tecnique where <acronym>IP</acronym> packets are rewritten
on the way through a gateway, enabling many machines behind the
gateway to effectively share a single <acronym>IP</acronym> address.</para>
</glossdef> </glossdef>
</glossentry> </glossentry>
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<glossterm>Network Time Protocol</glossterm> <glossterm>Network Time Protocol</glossterm>
<acronym>NTP</acronym> <acronym>NTP</acronym>
<glossdef> <glossdef>
<para></para> <para>A means of synchronizing clocks over a network.</para>
</glossdef> </glossdef>
</glossentry> </glossentry>
</glossdiv> </glossdiv>
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<acronym>POP</acronym> <acronym>POP</acronym>
<glossdef> <glossdef>
<para></para> <para></para>
<glossseealso otherterm="pop3-glossary">
</glossdef> </glossdef>
</glossentry> </glossentry>