HP 733/800/866MHz 1GHz, Administrator'S Manual

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Glossary
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medium The network medium is the
cabling or wiring used to carry
network signals. Common types
include coax, fiber optic, and twisted
pair.
memory mapped The NIC registers
are located in the memory address
space.
MIF Management Information
Format. MIF files describe collections
of standardized instrumentation
attributes defined by the DMTF
working groups.
Miniport Miniport drivers
implement the hardware-specific
operations necessary to manage a
Network Interface Card (NIC).
Operations common to all lowest level
NIC drivers are generally provided by
the NDIS library, so that the driver is
smaller, faster and easier to write than
the old “full” NIC drivers. Only
miniport NIC drivers can take
advantage of the enhancements and
functionality planned for future
versions of the NDIS library.
NDIS Microsoft NDIS (Network
Driver Interface Specification) 2.01,
3.x and 4 are driver specifications
developed by Microsoft Corporation
to offer a standard driver interface for
all network adapters. A standard
driver interface provides flexibility to
support not only multiple network
adapter cards but also multiple
protocol stacks (like ODI). As a result,
many operating systems have
incorporated the NDIS interface to
make configuration and installation of
network adapters easy and
independent of the network adapter
used.
NetBEUI NetBIOS Extended User
Interface transport. A network
transport commonly used in Microsoft
networks.
NetBIOS Network Basic Input
Output System. NetBIOS was
originally developed by IBM and Sytek
to interface a network operating
system with specific hardware.
Today, many vendors either provide a
version of NetBIOS to interface with
their hardware or emulate its session
layer communications in their
network products.
network server mode A security
feature that prevents unauthorized
use of an input device (like a
keyboard or mouse) while your
computer is running as an unattended
network server.
NetWare A series of network
operating systems and related
products developed and sold by
Novell, Inc.
network A way of connecting
multiple computers to facilitate the
sharing of files and resources.