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APPENDIX A:

Glossary

This glossary documents terms found in the documentation for Internet Information Server. It does not document terms specific to Microsoft Windows NT. For those terms, see the Windows NT online help.


Top A

annotation file

anonymous logons

associating

authentication


Top B

bandwidth control

Basic clear-text authentication

BIND

bits per second (bps)

bps

browser


Top C

cache

CGI

challenge/response

client-server architecture

Common Gateway Interface (CGI)

connected user

cryptography


Top D

data integrity

Data Source Name (DSN)

DHCP

dial-up

discovery mechanism

DNS

DNS spoofing

domain

domain controller

Domain Name System (DNS)

DSN

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)


Top E–F

encryption

file-extension mapping

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

filter

firewall

friendly name

FTP


Top G

gateway

gopher

gopher plus

gopherspace


Top H

home directory

HTML

HTTP

hyperlink

hypertext

HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)


Top I

Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)

interactive applications

Internet

Internet Log Converter

Internet Network Information Center (InterNIC)

Internet Protocol (IP)

Internet Protocol (IP) address

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

InterNIC

intranet

IP

IP address

ISDN

ISPs


Top L

leased line

link

log file

logging


Top M

Management Information Databases (MIBs)

MIBs

MIME mapping

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) mapping


Top N

name resolution

Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)

NNTP


Top O

object-cache scavenger


Top P

packet

page

password authentication

policies

port number

program file

protocol

proxy


Top R

RAS

Remote Access Service (RAS)

remote administration

Remote Procedure Call (RPC)

router

RPC


Top S

script

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

service

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

slow link

SMTP

SNMP

SQL logging

SSL security

static page

subnet mask

System Data Source Name (DSN)


Top T

tag files

TCP/IP

throttling

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)


Top U

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

URL

Usenet


Top V

virtual directory

virtual server

volatile objects


Top W

Web browser

Web page

Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) server

WINS server

World Wide Web (WWW)

WWW


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