| appletalk | N. The networking protocol used by Apple Macintoshes. |
| Usage:Janešs computer is accessible via appletalk but not via ipx. | |
| See Also: protocol appletalk zone | |
| application | Software that enables your computer to process data or connect to a network (aka software). As oppossed to data on the one had, and the operating system on the other. |
| Usage:Jack had seventeen applications open at the same time when his computer crashed. | |
| See Also: operating system | |
| attachment | N. a document/file sent along with an email message that can be opened with the software that created the document. |
| Usage:Jack sent Jane an attachement that he created in Filemaker, but she couldnšt read it because she didnšt have filemaker on her machine. | |
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| browser | N. A piece of software that interprets and displays marked-up documents. |
| Usage:Jane used a web browser to read the New York Times, which was marked up in HTML. | |
| See Also: web browser mark up html | |
| client | N. A piece of software that enables a computer to connect to a server on a network. |
| Usage:Jack used the netscape client to connect to the NFL statistics web site. | |
| See Also: server | |
| data jack | N. A device that connects the line from the ethenet card to the patch panel. |
| Usage: | |
| See Also: ethernet card patch panel hub router | |
| download | V. To copy a file from a server to a local machine. |
| Usage:Jack downloaded the latest version of Netscape from a website in Australia. | |
| See Also: ftp fileserver | |
| ethernet card | N. A piece of hardware that is put into the computer that allows the computer to be connected to the network. |
| Usage:The new network requires that we all buy new ethernet cards. | |
| See Also: hub port router patch panel | |
| Fileserver | A computer attached to a network that stores software and data that is accessible to groups of people. |
| Usage:Janešs home directory for netware is located on the fileserver called FS1. | |
| See Also: netware volume local drive server | |
| Folder | aka directory. A user-defined sub-division of a volume, which can either be on a local drive or a fileserver. Local drives and fileservers can contain volumes, which are in turn divided into folders or directories, which in turn can contain further folders. |
| Usage:Jack put his dissertation in the folder called ŗTo Be Published˛. | |
| See Also: volume fileserver local drive | |
| ftp | Acronoym. Stands for file transfer protocol. N. A protocol for transferring files over the internet. V. To transfer documents using this protocol. |
| Usage:I ftped to the web server and put my files up so my class could see them via the web. | |
| See Also: tcp/ip tcp/ip application protocol | |
| helper application | N. A piece of software that extends the capablity of a web browser, allowing it to handle different file formats (e.g., play movies, sounds, aninmations, highly formatted text). |
| Usage:Jane couldnšt see the neat animation because she hadnšt defined the helper app to play the file. | |
| See Also: web browser plug in | |
| home page | N. The starting point (first page) of a person or organizationšs web site. |
| Usage:Janešs home page is still under construction. | |
| See Also: web page url web site | |
| html | N. Acronoym. Expands to hypertext markup language. The lingua franca of the world wide web. One marks up documents in html. There are various versions of html, and different flavors within each version. Adj. Marked up so as to be readable on the web. |
| Usage:Jack marked up his document in html. The result is called an html document. | |
| See Also: mark up ftp web server tag | |
| hub | N. A device that connects other devices (primarily printers and computers) to a larger network. |
| Usage:The hub in my building is being upgraded to allow us to attach more devices to the network. | |
| See Also: port router | |
| i.p. address | N. A unique address assigned to a computer connected to the internet (i.e., 128.133.28.12). Without an ip address, your computer can not use tcp/ip applications such as Netscape or Eudora. |
| Usage:Jane in philosophical moments wonders if there are enough ip addresses to allow everyone in the world to use the internet at the same time. | |
| See Also: tcp/ip protocol internet | |
| ipx | N. The protocol used by Netware. |
| Usage:Janešs computer talks IPX, but Jackšs only talks tcp/ip. | |
| See Also: protocol netware | |
| Local Drive | A distinct portion of the storage space on your computer (ie.e, a hard drive, a floppy disk, a cd-rom) |
| Usage:Jane stored her data on her local drive and kept back-ups on the fileserver. | |
| See Also: fileserver folder | |
| logging in | V. To connect to a secure server by giving a username and password that the system recognizes as valid. |
| Usage:Jane logged into netware. | |
| See Also: tree nds | |
| mail server | N. A server on the interenet which is used to process and store electronic mail |
| Usage:Jane upgraded her mail server by adding more memory | |
| See Also: server | |
| mark up | N. A set of tags applied to a document that mark the structural content or desired appearance and/or behaviour of that document, which are then interpretted by a browser. V. The act of applying tags to a document. |
| Usage:Jack marked up the document in HTML. The result was a marked-up document. | |
| See Also: tag html browser | |
| mount | V. To connect a volume of a server to a local computer so that files on the server are available on the local machine. |
| Usage:Is the volume called ŗFS-4.User˛ mounted on your desktop? | |
| See Also: volume file server | |
| operating system | N. Software that enables your computer to run applications (e.g., dos, windows, mac os, unix) |
| Usage:What version of the operating system is Janešs computer running? | |
| See Also: application | |
| patch panel | N. A device that one connects the line from a data jack to, and which in turn connects to ahub. |
| Usage:After lightening struck the building, we couldnšt use the printer until the patch panel was repaired . | |
| See Also: hub port router | |
| plug in | N. A piece of software that extends the capablitity of a web browser to handle different file formats (e.g., play movies, sounds, aninmations, highly formatted text), which is more closely integrated into the functioning of the web browser. |
| Usage:I installed a plug-in for audio so I no longer use a helper app. | |
| See Also: helper application web browser | |
| Port | N. Space on a hub that connects an individual computer to the network. |
| Usage:Jackšs network connection died because his port got fried. | |
| See Also: hub ethernet card | |
| Print Job | N. A request to print sent from a computer to a print queue, which in turn is fufilled by a print server. |
| Usage:The print job was completed at 12:13 AM. | |
| See Also: print server print job logging in | |
| Print Server | N. A printer on a network that receives print jobs from print queues. |
| Usage:I keep forgetting that in order to print, I must send jobst to the print queue and not directly to the print server. | |
| See Also: printer queue print job | |
| printer queue | N. A list of people who have the right to print to a printer on a network |
| Usage:Jack couldnšt print because he wasnšt in the printer queue. | |
| See Also: print server print job logging in | |
| protocol | N. The language that enables two computers to ŗtalk˛ to one another. |
| Usage:I canšt seem to get my computer to connect to the network, and I suspect that the problem is that it isnšt using the same protocol as the network | |
| See Also: tcp/ip ipx appletalk | |
| router | N. A piece of networking hardware that connects directs the movement of data on a network. |
| Usage:The router can handle 10 megabytes of data every second. | |
| See Also: hub | |
| server | N. A computer connected to a network that contains resources that are shared among a group. |
| Usage:The server was down so everyone had to wait to go home. | |
| See Also: mail server file server web server client | |
| tag | N. A set of instructions applied to a part of a document that determines the behavior/appearance of the document, or mark the sturcture and content of a part of a document. V. The act of applying such mark-up to a document. |
| Usage:Jane tagged the document using HTML markup. | |
| See Also: mark up html browser | |
| tcp/ip | N. Acronomy. Expands to ?. The protocol used by the internet. |
| Usage:My tcp/ip applications arenšt working because I canšt seem to get a valid ip address for my computer from the bootp table. | |
| See Also: bootp protocol internet | |
| tcp/ip application | N. An application that requires the computer running them to have an i.p. addresss (aka internet software.) |
| Usage:Jane canšt run tcp/ip applications from home because her computer isnšt connected to the campus network there. | |
| See Also: tcp/ip protocol internet | |
| telnet | N. A protocol for connecting to machines on the internet. V. to connect to a machine on the internet using this protocol. |
| Usage:I telneted to the Harvard catalog because their catalog isnšt available via the web. | |
| See Also: ftp protocol | |
| upload | V. To copy a file from your local machine to a server. |
| Usage:Jane uploaded the documents to the web server. | |
| See Also: ftp file server | |
| url | acronomym. Stands for Uniform Resource Locator. Aka web address. The unique address of a resource (i.e., a page or graphic) on the world wide web |
| Usage:The url to Jackšs web page is http://www.wesleyan.edu/~jack | |
| See Also: web site web page home page | |
| volume | A distinct portion of the storage space on a fileserver that can be mounted onto a local drive. |
| Usage:Jack mounted the volume called ŗMac Applicattions˛ on his c: drive. | |
| See Also: netware fileserver folder mount | |
| web browser | N. A piece of software that allows one to read web pages (i.e., Netscape) |
| Usage:Netscape is a very popular web browser. | |
| See Also: browser client | |
| web page | N. A page located on the the world wide web. |
| Usage:Jackšs web page looks like it could have been made by a fifth grader. | |
| See Also: url web site home page | |
| web server | N. A server on the internet on which people can publish web pages. One reads pages put on a web server with a web browser. |
| Usage:Jack set up his computer to be a web server because he was tired of not having enough space on Janešs machine. | |
| See Also: server web browser | |
| web site | N. A collection of resources (text, graphics, databases) located on the world wide web |
| Usage:Jane put together a web site for her course on Ancient Typographic traditions. | |
| See Also: url home page web page |