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<!--
<!--
$FreeBSD$
FreeBSD Glossary Terms
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<glosssee otherterm="aml-glossary">
</glossentry>
<glossentry>
<glossterm>API</glossterm>
<glosssee otherterm="api-glossary">
</glossentry>
<glossentry>
<glossterm>APIC</glossterm>
<glosssee otherterm="apic-glossary">
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</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="api-glossary">
<glossterm>Application Programming Interface</glossterm>
<acronym>API</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para>A set of procedures, protocols and tools that specify the
canonical interaction of one or more program parts; how, when
and why they do work together, and what data they share or
operate on.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="apm-glossary">
<glossterm>Advanced Power Management</glossterm>
<acronym>APM</acronym>
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<glossterm>Basic Input/Output System</glossterm>
<acronym>BIOS</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para></para>
<para>The definition of <acronym>BIOS</acronym> depends a bit on
the context. Some people refer to it as the <acronym>ROM</acronym>
chip with a basic set of routines to provide an interface between
software and hardware. Others refer to it as the set of routines
contained in the chip that help in bootstrapping the system. Some
might also refer to it as the screen used to configure the
boostrapping process. The <acronym>BIOS</acronym> is PC-specific
but other systems have something similar.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
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<glossterm>Berkeley Internet Name Domain</glossterm>
<acronym>BIND</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para></para>
<para>An implementation of the <acronym>DNS</acronym> protocols.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
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<glossterm>Central Processing Unit</glossterm>
<acronym>CPU</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para></para>
<para>Also known as the processor. This is the brain of the
computer where all calculations take place. There are a number of
different architectures with different instruction sets. Among
the more well-known are the Intel-x86 and derivatives, Sun SPARC,
PowerPC, and Alpha.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
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<glossterm>Domain Name System</glossterm>
<acronym>DNS</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para></para>
<para>The system that converts humanly readable hostnames (i.e.,
mail.example.net) to Internet addresses and vice versa.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
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<glossterm>Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol</glossterm>
<acronym>DHCP</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para></para>
<para>A protocol that dynamically assigns IP addresses to a computer
(host) when it requests one from the server. The address assignment
is called a <quote>lease</quote>.<para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
</glossdiv>
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<glossterm>File Transfer Protocol</glossterm>
<acronym>FTP</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para></para>
<para>A member of the family of high-level protocols implemented
on top of <acronym>TCP</acronym> which can be used to transfer
files over a <acronym>TCP/IP</acronym> network.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
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<glossterm><acronym>IP</acronym> Version 4</glossterm>
<acronym>IPv4</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para></para>
<para>The <acronym>IP</acronym> protocol version 4, which uses 32 bits
for addressing. This version is still the most widely used, but it
is slowly being replaced with <acronym>IPv6</acronym>.</para>
<glossseealso otherterm="ipv6-glossary">
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
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<glossterm><acronym>IP</acronym> Version 6</glossterm>
<acronym>IPv6</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para></para>
<para>The new <acronym>IP</acronym> protocol. Invented because the
address space in <acronym>IPv4</acronym> is running out. Uses 128
bits for addressing.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
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<glossterm>Internet Protocol</glossterm>
<acronym>IP</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para></para>
<para>The packet transmitting protocol that is the basic protocol on
the Internet. Originally developed at the U.S. Department of
Defense and an extremly important part of the <acronym>TCP/IP
</acronym> stack. Without the Internet Protocol, the Internet
would not have become what it is today. For more information, see
<ulink url="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc791.txt">
RFC 791</ulink>.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
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<glossterm>Internet Service Provider</glossterm>
<acronym>ISP</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para></para>
<para>A company that provides access to the Internet.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossdiv>
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<glossterm>Kilo Bits Per Second</glossterm>
<acronym>Kbps</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para></para>
<para>Used to measure bandwith (how much data can pass a given
point at a specified amount of time). Alternates to the Kilo
prefix include Mega, Giga, Tera, and so forth.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
</glossdiv>
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<glossterm>Local Area Network</glossterm>
<acronym>LAN</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para></para>
<para>A network used on a local area, e.g. office, home, or so forth.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
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<glossterm>Mail Transfer Agent</glossterm>
<acronym>MTA</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para></para>
<para>An application used to transfer email. An
<acronym>MTA</acronym> has traditionally been part of the BSD
base system. Today Sendmail is included in the base system, but
there are many other <acronym>MTAs</acronym>, such as postfix,
qmail and Exim.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
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<glossterm>Mail User Agent</glossterm>
<acronym>MUA</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para></para>
<para>An application used by users to display and write email.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
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<glossterm>Operating System</glossterm>
<acronym>OS</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para></para>
<para>A set of programs, libraries and tools that provide access to
the hardware resources of a computer. Operating systems range
today from simplistic designs that support only one program
running at a time, accessing only one device to fully
multi-user, multi-tasking and multi-process systems that can
serve thousands of users simultaneously, each of them running
dozens of different applications.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
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<glossterm>Request For Comments</glossterm>
<acronym>RFC</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para></para>
<para>A set of documents defining Internet standards, protocols, and
so forth. See
<ulink url="http://www.rfc-editor.org/">www.rfc-editor.org</ulink>.
<para>
<para>Also used as a general term when someone has a suggested change
and wants feedback.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
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<glosssee otherterm="tcp-glossary">
</glossentry>
<glossentry>
<glossterm>TCP/IP</glossterm>
<glosssee otherterm="tcpip-glossary">
</glossentry>
<glossentry>
<glossterm>TD</glossterm>
<glosssee otherterm="td-glossary">
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<acronym>TSC</acronym>
<!-- From dg@, 20040814125503.GF40460@nexus.dglawrence.com -->
<glossdef>
<para>A profiling counter internal to modern &pentium; processors
<para>A profiling counter internal to modern &pentium; processors
that counts core frequency clock ticks.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
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<glossterm>Transmission Control Protocol</glossterm>
<acronym>TCP</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para></para>
<para>A protocol that sits on top of (e.g.) the <acronym>IP</acronym>
protocol and guarantees that packets are delivered in a reliable,
ordered, fashion.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="tcpip-glossary">
<glossterm>Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol</glossterm>
<acronym>TCP/IP</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para>The term for the combination of the <acronym>TCP</acronym>
protocol running over the <acronym>IP</acronym> protocol. Much of
the Internet runs over <acronym>TCP/IP</acronym>.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>