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NetWare Network operating system developed by Novell. NetWare IPX/SPX
is used as the communication protocol.
MH Abbreviation for Modified Huffman. A data compression encoding
method for fax transmissions. Documents containing mostly text are
compressed to about 1/10 their original size.
MIB Abbreviation for Management Information Base. In a TCP/IP trans-
mission, this uses SNMP to define the management information for-
mat for a group of network devices. There are two formats: the
manufacturer-specific private MIB and the standardized MIB.
MMR Abbreviation for Modified Modified Read. A data compression en-
coding method for fax transmissions. Documents containing mostly
text are compressed to about 1/20 their original size.
NTLM Abbreviation for NT LAN Manager. User authentication method used
by Windows NT or later. With the MD4 and MD5 encoding methods,
passwords are encoded.
NTP Abbreviation for Network Time Protocol. The protocol for correctly
adjusting the computer’s internal clock over the network. In a hierar-
chical method, the time is adjusted with the server at the highest lev-
el using GPS to acquire the correct time, which is then referenced by
each lower level host.
OCR Abbreviation for Optical Character Reader. A device or software that
converts handwritten or printed documents to text data by optically
scanning it and, through comparison with a previously stored pat-
tern, specifies the characters.
OS Abbreviation for Operating System. Basic software for controlling
the system of a computer.
PASV Abbreviation for PASsiVe. A mode for connecting to an FTP server
from within a firewall. If this mode is not specified, the firewall will be
considered inaccessible and the connection will be terminated, pre-
venting the file from being sent.
Peer-to-peer A network format that allows connected devices to communicate
without using a dedicated server
PDF Abbreviation for Portable Document Format. An electronically for-
matted document which uses the .pdf extension. Based on the Post-
Script format, you can use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software
to view documents.
Pixel An image pixel. The smallest unit of an image.
POP Abbreviation for Post Office Protocol. A protocol for retrieving e-mail
messages from a mail server. Currently, POP3 (the third version of
POP) is most often used.
Port Number The number that identifies the transmission port for each process
running on a computer on the network. The same port cannot be
used by multiple processes
Proxy Server A server that is installed to act as an intermediary connection be-
tween each client and different servers to effectively ensure security
over the entire system for Internet connections
Term Definition