Compaq DS10 User Manual

Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer  81 

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 Availability - Refers to the amount of time that an application is available to perform 

work, typically measured in percentage of uptime. 

Bootstrap – The act of passing control over a computer to an operating system following 
system power-up. 

C 
 CPU – Central Processing Unit 
D 
E 
F 
G 
 GB – Gigabytes  
H 
I 
 IDE – Integrated Development Environment  
 IP – Internet Protocol – The part of TCP/IP Protocol set that provides the routing mechanism. 
J 
K 
L 
M 
 Man pages  - Manual pages 
 MIB – Management Information Base – Set of monitored items that management application and 

management agents use to monitor, analyze, and control the operation of managed devices. 

 MB - Megabytes 
N 
 NIC – Network Interface Card 
O 
P 
Q 
R 
 RAID – Redundant Array of Independent Disks 
S 

 SRM – System Resource Manager, used to configure the bootup parameters of Compaq 

AlphaServers. 

System Partition – The name of the bootable partition used to configure Compaq 
AlphaServers. 

 Switch – A switch is a network device that selects a path or circuit for sending a unit of 

data to its next destination. 

 TCP/IP – Protocol that manages the transmission of packets on a network and checks for 

errors. 

 URL – Universal Resource Locator – the name of a specific resource on the Internet.