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AFP Apple Filing Protocol. A client/server protocol used by Apple file service to share
files and network services. AFP uses TCP/IP and other protocols to support
communication between computers on a network.
address A number or other identifier that uniquely identifies a computer on a network,
a block of data stored on a disk, or a location in a computer’s memory. See also IP
address, MAC address.
administrator A user with server or directory domain administration privileges.
Administrators are always members of the predefined “admin” group.
alias Another email address at your domain that redirects incoming email to an
existing user.
Apple Filing Protocol See AFP.
automount To make a share point appear automatically on a client computer. See also
mount.
bit A single piece of information, with a value of either 0 or 1.
Bonjour A protocol developed by Apple for automatic discovery of computers,
devices, and services on IP networks. Formerly called Rendezvous, this proposed
Internet standard protocol is sometimes referred to as ZeroConf or multicast DNS.
CIFS Common Internet File System. See SMB.
client A computer (or a user of the computer) that requests data or services from
another computer, or server.
command line The text you type at a shell prompt when using a command-line
interface.
command-line interface A way of interacting with the computer (for example, to run
programs or modify file system permissions) by entering text commands at a shell
prompt. See also shell; shell prompt.