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Glossary 10-9
Manual Discovery The person using the workstation or the PC is
responsible for providing a list of devices, device
information and associated queues by using an
operating system utility.
MAU An acronym for Multi-station Access Unit. A
concentrator or transceiver for attracting nodes to a
transmission medium.
message See Frame.
MIB An acronym for Management Information Base. A
database of network management information used
by CMIP (Common Management Information
Protocol) and SNMP (Simple Network
Management Protocol).
NCP See NetWare Core Protocol.
NetBIOS/NetBEUI A peer-to-peer networking system using the
NetBEUI protocol.
NetBIOS/IP A peer-to-peer networking system using the IP
protocol.
NetWare Novell's network operating system using IPX
(Internetwork Packet eXchange) and SPX
(Sequential Packet eXchange) protocols. Clients
log onto one or more file servers which provide
services such as mail, printing, and filing.
NetWare Core Protocol A protocol used by a NetWare client to request
services from a NetWare server.
NFS An acronym for Network File System. Sun
Microsystems's network operating system based on
TCP/IP protocols.
Node A device on a network that has an address and can
send and/or receive data to and from other devices
on the network.