CertiGuide to Network+  9  Glossary

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NETSTAT

A utility for display network statistical information.

Novell’s network operating system.

Software or a hardware plug-in board that connects a node or host to a local area network.

An application programming interface (API) that can be used by applications on a local area network or computers running MS-DOS, OS/2, or some version of UNIX. NetBIOS provides a uniform set of commands for requesting lower level network services.

A protocol within the PPP protocol suite that negotiates the parameters of an individual LAN protocol such as TCP/IP or IPX.

A software component that provides Windows 2000 network protocols a common interface for communications with network adapters. NDIS allows more than one transport protocol to be bound and operate simultaneously over a single network adapter card.

A service for distributed computing systems that provides a distributed file system, eliminating the need for keeping multiple copies of files on separate computers.

Formerly known as Yellow Pages, NIS is a distributed database service that allows for a shared set of system configuration files on UNIX-based systems, including password, hosts, and group files.

Responsible for: Determine/translate hardware to network addresses, discovering a route between source and destination, create and maintain a logical connection between two devices.

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