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NDS: "Novell Directory
Services" NDS (currently referred to as eDirectory)
is a directory service software product first released in 1996
by Novell for centrally managing access to resources on multiple
servers and computers within a given network.
Netiquette: Netiquette,
or net etiquette, refers to etiquette on the Internet. Good netiquette
involves respecting others' privacy and not doing anything online
that will annoy or frustrate other people. Three areas where
good netiquette is highly stressed are e-mail, online chat, and
newsgroups. For example people that spam other users with unwanted
e-mails or flood them with messages have very bad netiquette.
You don't want to be one of those people. If you're new to a
newsgroup or online chat room it may help to observe how people
communicate with each other before jumping in.
Network: When you have
two or more computers connected to each other you have a network.
The purpose of a network is to enable the sharing of files and
information between multiple systems. The Internet can be described
as a global network of networks. Computer networks can be connected
through cables, such as Ethernet cables or phone lines, or wirelessly,
using wireless networking cards that send and receive data through
the air.
Newbie: A new user of
a technology, such as a computer, a certain computer program,
or the Internet, is often referred to as a "newbie."
The term originated sometime around 1990 and supposedly comes
from the English phrase "new boy" which refers to someone
in their first year of public schooling. In online chat rooms
veteran net users like to call anybody who asks an easy question
a newbie. If you ever get called a newbie just shake it off;
everybody has to learn sometime.
Newsgroup: This is a discussion
group that is based on postings about a particular topic. These
topics range from sports, cars, investing, teen problems, and
some stuff you probably don't want to know about. Users post
messages to a news server which then sends them to a bunch of
other participating servers. Then other users can access the
newsgroup and read the postings. The groups can be either "moderated,"
where a person or group decides which postings will become part
of the discussion, or "unmoderated," where everything
posted is included in the discussion. To participate in a newsgroup
you must subscribe to it. It typically doesn't cost anything
but some groups can be hard to get into unless you know people
in the group. Nearly all newsgroups are found on Usenet which
is a collection of servers around the world. Because of the global
spectrum of newsgroups they make up largest bulletin board system
(BBS) in the world. There are more than 15,000 newsgroups in
existence with new ones being added all the time. You can choose
from a number of different "Newsreader" programs that
allow you to access and participate in newsgroups. Newsgroup
access has also been integrated into Netscape and Internet Explorer
so you can just use your web browser if you want.
NIC: "Network Interface
Card" Pronounced "nick" this is the card that
physically makes the connection between the computer and the
network cable. These cards typically use an Ethernet connection
and are available in 10, 100, and 1000 Base-T configurations.
A 100-Base-T card can transfer data at 100 Mbps. The cards come
in ISA and PCI versions and are made by companies like 3Com and
LinkSys.
NNTP: "Network News
Transfer Protocol" For a message to be posted to a newsgroup
it must be sent through this protocol that interacts between
news servers and newsreader programs. NNTP is basically the software
foundation of a newsgroup server. It is what queries, distributes,
posts, and retrieves news articles.
NTFS: "New Technology
File System" It is a file system introduced by Microsoft
with Windows NT and is supported by subsequent versions of Windows
such as Windows 2000 and Windows XP. (The file system is how
the operating system organizes and accesses files on the hard
drive.) NTFS has a number of advantages over the older file system
named FAT, or file allocation table. One major advantage of NTFS
is that it incorporates features to improve reliability. For
example, the new technology file system includes fault tolerance,
which repairs hard drive errors without displaying error messages.
It keeps detailed transaction logs, which tracks hard drive errors.
This can help prevent hard disk failure as well as make it possible
to recover files if the hard drive does fail. NTFS also allows
permissions (such as read, write, and execute) to be set for
individual directories and files. It even supports spanning volumes
which allows directories of files to be spread across multiple
hard drives. The only reason why you would not want to select
NTFS when formatting your hard drive is if you like slow, outdated
technology or you need to run an older operating system such
as Windows 95 or MS-DOS.
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