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network may serve as few as two or three users (for example, in a home network) or as many as
thousands of users (for example, in an FDDI network).
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Log on: in general computer usage, logon is the procedure used to get access to an operating system
or application. Almost always, a logon requires that the user have (1) a user ID and (2) a password.
Often, the user ID must conform to a limited length such as eight characters and the password must
contain at least one digit and not match a natural language word
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MAC Address: in a LAN or other network, the MAC (Media Access Control) address is your computer's
unique hardware number. (On an Ethernet LAN, it's the same as your Ethernet address.) When you're
connected to the Internet from your computer, a correspondence table relates your IP address to your
computer's physical (MAC) address on the LAN.
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vSpace: NComputing Desktop Virtualization software
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PC: Personal Computer
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Router: in packet-switched networks such as the Internet, a router is a device or, in some cases,
software in a computer, that determines the next network point to which a packet should be forwarded
toward its destination. The router is connected to at least two networks and decides which way to send
each information packet based on its current understanding of the state of the networks it is connected
to.
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User: one who uses a computer system. Users may need to identify themselves for the purposes of
accounting, security, logging and resource management. In order to identify oneself, a user has an
account and a username.
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USB: (Universal Serial Bus) is a standard designed to allow peripherals to be connected to a computer
using a standardized interface socket and to improve plug-and-play capabilities by allowing devices to
be connected and disconnected without rebooting the computer.
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UTMA: Ultra Thin Multi Access