Agilent Technologies E2050, Installation And Configuration Manual

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104 Glossary
Glossary
address
A string uniquely identifying a particular interface or a device on that
interface which is interpreted at the E2050 LAN/GPIB Gateway to identify
the interface or device.
BOOTP requests
Broadcast messages sent at power-on from the E2050 LAN/GPIB
Gateway to the BOOTP server's bootpd daemon to gain configuration
information for the LAN/GPIB Gateway. The BOOTP request contains
the LAN/GPIB Gateway 's LAN hardware address.
BOOTP response
The configuration information that the BOOTP server's bootpd daemon
sends to the E2050 LAN/GPIB Gateway in response to the Gateway's
BOOTP requests. The Gateway then uses this information to complete
its power-on initialization sequence.
BOOTP server
The server computer system running the bootpd daemon used in the
configuration of devices on the local area network.
client
Part of the client/server model used in distributed computing. A client is a
computer system that requests services from a server computer system,
such as I/O application requests, networking requests, and so forth.
controller
A computer used to communicate with a remote device such as an
instrument. In the communications between the controller and the device,
the controller is in charge of and controls the flow of communication that
is, it does the addressing and/or other bus management). The controller
acts as the SICL/LAN client.
device
A unit that receives commands from a controller. Typically a device is an
instrument but could also be a computer acting in a non-controller role, or
another peripheral such as a printer or plotter.