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Glossary
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Private Network - A series of offices connected together by leased and non-leased
telephone lines, with switching facilities and transmission equipment owned and
operated by the user or by the carrier and leased to the user.
process - a logical division of labor in an operating system. In Windows NT, it
comprises a virtual address space, an executable program, one or more threads of
execution, some portion of the user’s resource quotas, and the systems resources
that the operating system has allocated to the process threads. It is implemented as
an object.
Protected subsystems - integral subsystems that perform important operating
system functions, such as security subsystems among others.
protocol - A set of rules and conventions by which two computers pass messages
across a network medium. Networking software generally implements multiple
levels of protocols layered one on top of the other.
Q
Quantum - an ISA standard computer telephony board of AltiGen’s AltiServ
product line. It is an all-in-one platform designed with open software standards to
facilitate use of enhanced applications.
queue - a collection of calls waiting to be served. Queued calls in AltiWare are
handled on a first-in, first-out basis.
R
RAM - Random Access Memory. The primary memory in a computer that can be
written over with new information. The contents of RAM memory are lost when the
electrical power to the PC is switched off.
RAS - Remote Access Service.
retry - to resend data a prescribed number of times or until the data is finally
delivered.
RJ-11 - The “common” telephone jack. Usually wired with four wires, the red and
green signify the tip and ring circuits.
RJ-45 - The “common” telephone jack. Usually wired with eight wires, the red and
green signify the tip and ring circuits.
ROM - Read Only Memory.
root directory - in an IBM or compatible PC, the directory that is created when the
user formats a diskette which may contain subdirectories. Synonymous with system
directory.