Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4150 - Manual (Page 125)

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Glossary
The following terms are used within the Sun server documentation.
A
access control list
(ACL) A software authorization mechanism that enables you to control which users
have access to a server. Users can define ACL rules that are specific to a
particular file or directory, granting or denying access to one or more users or
groups.
address In networking, a unique code that identifies a node in the network. Names
such as “host1.sun.com” are translated to dotted-quad addresses like
“168.124.3.4” by the domain name service (DNS).
address resolution A means for mapping Internet addresses into physical media access control
(MAC) addresses or domain addresses.
Address Resolution
Protocol (ARP) A protocol used to associate an Internet Protocol (IP) address with a network
hardware address (MAC address).
Administrator The person with full access (root) privileges to the managed host system.
Advanced
Configuration and
Power Interface
(ACPI) An open-industry specification that provides power management capabilities
to a system that enables the operating system to determine when peripheral
devices are idle and to utilize ACPI-defined mechanisms for putting the
devices into low power modes. The ACPI specification also describes a large
number of power states for CPUs, devices, and systems as a whole. One
feature of the ACPI enables the OS to modify the voltage and frequency of a