CertiGuide to Network+  9  Glossary

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COM

1. Common Object Model. Allows one machine utilizing COM to communicate with another COM enabled machine transparently. 2. Computer Output Microfilm/fiche. A system which takes computer generated output, “printing” the data to microfilm/fiche.

COMmunications port x = some number. A designator for serial ports in PCs.

Short for communications port, the logical address assigned by MS-DOS (versions 3.3 and higher) and Microsoft Windows (including Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT and Windows 2000) to each of the four serial ports on an IBM Personal Computer or a PC compatible. COM ports are also known as the actual serial ports on a PC where peripherals, such as printers, scanners, and external modems, are plugged in.

To record in the log file the fact that a transaction is complete and has been recorded in the cache.

A protocol and a corresponding API used by application programs to request higher level application services. CIFS was formerly known as SMB (Server Message Block).

A 32-bit protected-mode file system that controls access to the contents of CD-ROM drives in Windows 2000.

A type of CD-ROM that can be written once on a CD recorder and read on a CD-ROM drive.

A type of CD-ROM that can be written many times on a CD recorder and read on a CD-ROM drive.

The battery-packed memory that stores information, such as disk types and amount of memory, used to start the computer.

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