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Appendix E: Glossary
RARP
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol; A TCP/IP protocol governing the translation of
a Data-Link Control (DLC) address to an Internet address
RISC
Reduced Instruction Set Computing; A processor that recognizes only a limited
number of assembly-language instructions
SAP
Service Advertising Protocol; A network name advertising service that file servers
may use for advertising their existence to network clients
SCSI
Small Computer System Interface; A high-speed parallel interface, used to connect
a computer to peripheral devices using just one port
SMB
Server Message Blocks; A protocol that makes use of NetBIOS
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol; A TCP/IP protocol for managing and monitoring
nodes on a network
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol; The connection-oriented, transport-level protocol
used in the TCP/IP suite of protocols
UDF
Universal Disk Format; A specification developed by OSTA (Optical Storage Technology
Association) for use in optical storage devices. (file format for DVD)
UNIX
A 32-bit, multitasking, multiuser Operating Dystem originally developed by AT&T
URL
Uniform Resource Locator; A way of specifying the location of publicly, available
information on the Internet
YP
Yellow Pages; The security and file-access databases on UNIX systems (now
known as Network Information Services)
