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User’s Manual 63
Appendix C. Glossary
Authentication: The procedure to verify user identity as a security measure.
Passwords and digital signatures are the most popular forms.
BOOTP:
Bootstrap Protocol, a method to determine the IP address of a diskless
system when it is connected to a network. Please refer to RFC 951 for the offi-
cial specification.
Domain Name System (DNS): The online distributed database system used by
the Internet to map computer names to IP addresses. This creates a unique
identifier that allows each computer that accesses the Internet to be placed into
a related group for easier administration. Some computers may have more than
one domain name. “www.asante.com” is an example of a domain name, where
the “.com” indicates a company or commercial organization. Other types of do-
main name types are ".org" (non-profit organization), ".edu" (educational organi-
zation), ".gov" (government), and others.
DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A platform independent protocol
that provides a means to automatically assign (dynamically allocate) IP ad-
dresses to computers on a local area network. Please refer to RFC 2131 for the
official specification for DHCP.
Dial-up:
the procedure that activates an analog modem to connect to the ISP.
Email: an electronic method of sending messages to other computers via an
email application program.
FTP:
File Transfer Protocol. Allows a user on one computer to transfer files to
and from another computer over a TCP/IP network. Requires software on both
the client and the server. A computer which runs FTP Server software and is
used to store files for downloading, is called an FTP site or FTP Server.
HTML: HyperText Markup Language – a text based language used to build web
pages and interpreted by web browsers. Because the files are not restricted to a
single type of operating system, this allows web sites to be platform independ-
ent; that is, to be viewed by computers regardless of their platform.
HTTP: HyperText Transmission Protocol. The protocol that computers use for
accessing web pages on the Internet.