CertiGuide to Network+  9  Glossary

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FilterKeys

A Windows 2000 accessibility feature that allows people with physical disabilities to adjust keyboard response time.

A combination of hardware and software that provides a security system, usually to prevent unauthorized access from outside to an internal network or intranet. A firewall prevents direct communication between network and external computers by routing communication through a proxy server outside of the network. The proxy server determines whether it is safe to let a file pass through to the network. A firewall is also called a security-edge gateway.

Software instructions encoded to a Read Only Memory (ROM). The marriage of software and hardware gives the term firmware. Applications include but are not limited to, instructions to boot a PC. Refer to ROM.

Error repairs that are issues after an issue has been discovered in a program.

RAM which retains its contents even when powered off.

Updating of a BIOS to repair an error and/or support new equipment.

A Group Policy option that allows you to redirect designated folders to the network.

A style and size specification for type of print.

A collection of one or more Windows 2000 Active Directory trees, organized as peers and connected by two-way transitive trust relationships between the root domains of each tree. All trees in a forest share a common schema, configuration, and Global Catalog. When a forest contains multiple trees, the trees do not form a contiguous namespace.

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