Amanda Amanda@Work.Group/DOS, Administrator'S Manual

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226 Administering Amanda@Work.Group/DOS
c-like escape sequence Any sequence of characters within a string which starts
with a \. This refers to the C programming language de-
veloped at Bell Labs.
CO Telephone Company Central Office
component Every message contains one or more components. Com-
ponents “define” a message. For example, if a message
is forwarded from another mailbox with a Message Pre-
fix attached, that message contains two components.
Similarly, if that message is then forwarded to another
mailbox with another Message Prefix attached, that
message contains three components.
compose To build a message that consists of components.
data corruption When the contents of some memory location or portions
of a file residing on a disk or diskette is damaged and
lost. This can occur due to power fluctuations, faulty
hardware such as motherboard or memory chips, or soft-
ware bugs.
dB level Decibel level. Used to measure the volume of sound or
noise.
DBF file A file which is in dBase format. Amanda tokens can
work with dBase format as well as ASCII files. A dBase
format file must have a DBF extension if used with
Amanda tokens.
dead/phantom call The situation where the outside caller hangs up before
the extension is answered by the user. This might result
in the user hearing a fast busy (reorder tone) or just si-
lence, depending on the telephone switching system and
the CO.