glossary menu
Every now and then we come across terminology
that leaves us scratching our heads as to the meaning of certain acronyms, buzzwords or
new IT terms emanating from our friends at Redmond (or Reading!). With this in mind, we've
put together a glossary of terms for you to use, print off or cut-n-paste to your desktop
which will help you sort out your ASPs (Active Server Pages) from your ASPs (Application
Service Provider).
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LANE |
LAN
Emulation (LANE) is a set of software components that provide support for legacy
applications and network protocols on an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network.
Microsoft implements a LANE client module that installs during ATM hardware installation.
LANE services provide interoperability between ATM and standard LAN environments at Layer
2 (the Data Link layer) of the Open System Interconnection (OSI) model. |
LDAP |
Lightweight
Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard, is a
communication protocol that Windows 2000 (Win2K) uses on TCP/IP networks to access
directory services. The protocol defines how a directory client can access information in
a directory server. Active Directory (AD) supports LDAP versions 2 and 3. Win2K clients
use LDAP to access domain controllers (e.g., to log on to the network) and Global Catalog
(GC) servers (e.g., to locate shared resources on the network). |
Mandatory
user profile |
A
mandatory user profile is a preconfigured user profile that lets a user make modifications
to the profile while logged on, but prevents the changes from saving when the user logs
off. Each time the user logs on, the mandatory user profile downloads for the user. To
create a mandatory user profile, an administrator has to rename the users ntuser.dat
file on the server to ntuser.man and enter the path to the users profile in the User
Account properties in Active Directory (AD) Users and Computers. The Authenticated Users
group must have read only permissions to the share where you store the user profiles.
Administrators can assign the same mandatory user profile to several users. |
Microsoft
Authentication |
An
AppleShare extension that's part of Services for Macintosh that provides secure logon for
Macintosh clients connecting to Windows 2000 (Win2K) servers. By default, Macintosh
passwords travel over the network wire in plain-text format, and installing this extension
on Macintosh clients lets clients encrypt passwords. Microsoft Authentication also lets
Macintosh users specify a domain name so they can log on to a Win2K domain with individual
accounts. Macintosh clients running System 7.1 or later will see Microsoft Authentication
as their only option if youve disabled the guest and clear-text options on the
server. |
Multicast
Routing |
Multicast
routing lets multicast-capable routers communicate across the network so that multicasting
information forwards intelligently. Multicast routers use multicast routing protocols to
communicate with other multicast routers. Examples of multicast routing protocols include
Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP), Protocol-Independent Multicast-Sparse
Mode (PIM-SM), Protocol-Independent Multicast-Dense Mode (PIM-DM), and Multicast
Extensions to Open Shortest Path First (MOSPF). Windows 2000 Server (Win2K Server)
includes dynamic routing protocols such as RIP and OSPF, but doesnt include any
multicast routing protocols. |
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