CertiGuide to Network+  9  Glossary

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WINIPCFG

A Windows 9.x/Me graphical user interface for displaying IP information.

An application programming interface standard for software that provides TCP/IP interface under Windows. Short for Windows Sockets.

A junction between a wired network and wireless nodes (802.11)

A job request of an existing library, made by an application that supports Removable Storage, which is placed in a queue and processed when the library resource becomes available.

A response to a negative result.

A simple grouping of computers intended only to help users find such things as printers and shared folders within that group. Workgroups in Windows 2000 do not offer the centralized user accounts and authentication offered by domains.

For a process, the amount of physical memory assigned to a process by the operating system.

A computer attached to a network, for an agent, operator, or knowledge worker.

Write Once, Read Many. Data is written only once to a location on typically optical media, and read as often as needed.

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