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group A collection of users who have similar needs. Groups simplify the administration

of shared resources.

host Another name for a server.

host name A unique name for a computer, historically referred to as the UNIX

hostname.

Internet A set of interconnected computer networks communicating through a

common protocol (TCP/IP). The Internet is the most extensive publicly accessible

system of interconnected computer networks in the world.

Internet Protocol See IP.

IP Internet Protocol. Also known as IPv4. A method used with Transmission Control

Protocol (TCP) to send data between computers over a local network or the Internet. IP

delivers data packets and TCP keeps track of data packets.

IP address A unique numeric address that identifies a computer on the Internet.

IP subnet A portion of an IP network, which may be a physically independent network

segment, that shares a network address with other portions of the network and is

identified by a subnet number.

logical disk A storage device that appears to a user as a single disk for storing files,

even though it might actually consist of more than one physical disk drive. An Xsan

volume, for example, is a logical disk that behaves like a single disk even though it

consists of multiple storage pools that are, in turn, made up of multiple LUNs, each of

which contains multiple disk drives.

MAC Media access control. See MAC address.

MAC address Media access control address. A hardware address that uniquely

identifies each node on a network. For AirPort devices, the MAC address is called the

AirPort ID.

Mac OS X The latest version of the Apple operating system. Mac OS X combines the

reliability of UNIX with the ease of use of Macintosh.

Mac OS X Server An industrial-strength server platform that supports Mac, Windows,

UNIX, and Linux clients out of the box and provides a suite of scalable workgroup and

network services plus advanced remote management tools.

mount (verb) To make a remote directory or volume available for access on a local

system. In Xsan, to cause an Xsan volume to appear on a client’s desktop, just like a

local disk.

Network File System See NFS.

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