Minicom Advanced Systems 5UM20114 User Manual

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38.  Glossary of terms 
ACPI - A specification that enables the operating system to implement power 
management and system configuration.  
ATX - Advanced Technology Extended: A particular specification of a 
motherboard introduced by Intel in 1995.  
BMC - Board Management Controller: implements the IPMI based main board 
management functions.  
DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol: protocol for dynamically 
assigning IP configurations in local networks.  
DNS - Domain Name System: protocol used to locate computers on the Internet 
by their name.  
EMP - Emergency Management Port: provides remote emergency access and 
control of server resources. EMP offers operating system independent, 
fundamental remote management access regardless of the server's current state or 
network availability.  
HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol: the protocol used between web browsers 
and servers.  
HTTPS - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure: secure version of HTTP.  
IPMI - Intelligent Platform Management Interface  
MIB - Management Information Base: describes the structure of the management 
information that can be accessed via SNMP.  
SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol: a widely used network 
monitoring and control protocol.  
SSL - Secure Socket Layer: encryption technology for the Internet used to provide 
secured data transmissions.  
SVGA - Super VGA: A refinement of Video Graphics Array (VGA) that provides 
increased pitch and resolution performance.