Glossary
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Samba UNIX server software which uses SMB (Server Message Block) to
make UNIX system resources available to Windows environments.
Screen font A type of fonts used for displaying characters and symbols on a CRT
or other monitor.
Shared printer A printer connected to a server on the network and configured to be
used by multiple computers.
SLP The acronym for Service Location Protocol. This is a protocol that
provides capabilities such as finding services or automatic client
configuration on the TCP/IP network.
SMB The acronym for Server Message Block. This is a protocol for shar-
ing files and printers mainly over the Windows network.
SMTP The acronym for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. It is a protocol used
to transmit or transfer E-mail messages.
SNMP The acronym for Simple Network Management Protocol. This is a
management protocol in the TCP/IP network environments.
Spool The acronym for Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line. Data
to be output to a printer is not sent directly to the printer, but is tem-
porarily stored in another location. The stored data is then sent col-
lectively to the printer.
Subnet mask A value used to divide a TCP/IP network into small networks (sub-
networks). This is used to identify how many higher-order bits of an
IP address are used for the network address.
TCP/IP The acronym for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. It
is a de facto standard protocol widely used for the Internet. An IP ad-
dress is used to identify each network device.
Touch & Print A feature that allows documents sent from the printer driver to be
printed simply by placing your finger or IC card on the authentication
unit connected to the printer when the user authentication is ena-
bled. In order to use the Touch & Print feature, an authentication unit
must be connected to this machine, and the vein patterns or the ID
of the IC card for each user must be registered.
TrueType A type of outline font developed by Apple and Microsoft, and cur-
rently used as a standard font type for Macintosh and Windows. This
type of font can be used both for display and printing.
Uninstallation To delete software installed on a computer
USB The acronym for Universal Serial Bus. This is a general-purpose in-
terface defined for connecting a mouse, printer, and other devices
with a computer.
Web browser Software used to view Web pages.
Typical Web browsers include Internet Explorer and Netscape Nav-
igator.
WINS The acronym for Windows Internet Naming Service. This is a service,
available in Windows environments, to call the name server respon-
sible for conversion between a computer name and an IP address.
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