Digital Equipment Digital NetRider, Owner'S Manual

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Glossary-3
BOOTP
Internet Bootstrap Protocol. This Internet protocol is used to configure the
communications software on a load host.
BOOTP/TFTP Server
This is a load host that uses the BOOTP and TFTP Internet protocols to configure the
load host and downline load the software.
broadcast
A access server port characteristic that allows one
port
to send a single message to one
or more ports simultaneously.
CCR
Console Carrier Request. An ULTRIX
host
function that allows connections to the
access server
remote console port
.
Clear To Send
See
CTS
.
circuit timer
LAT. The LAT protocol timer that determines the minimum interval at which a access
server transmits virtual circuit messages.
client-server
Internet. The model of interaction in a distributed system in which a program at one
site sends a request to a program at another site and awaits a response. The requesting
program is called a client; the program satisfying the request is called the server.
command line recall and edit
A feature that allows the user to recall and edit previously entered commands.
community name
A character string that is used as a password that the Internet host must know in order
to access the access server through
SNMP
.
connection queue
LAT. The queue on a access server that stores connection requests for a printer or a
service.
Console Carrier Request
See
CCR
.
console port
Any access server port assigned to receive the access server 900 series of messages and
to which an interactive device can be connected.