Apple Mac OS Manuale Utente

 

AFP  Apple Filing Protocol. A client/server protocol used by Apple file service to share 
files and network services. AFP uses TCP/IP and other protocols to support 
communication between computers on a network.

address  A number or other identifier that uniquely identifies a computer on a network, 
a block of data stored on a disk, or a location in a computer’s memory. See also IP 
address, MAC address.

administrator  A user with server or directory domain administration privileges. 
Administrators are always members of the predefined “admin” group.

alias  Another email address at your domain that redirects incoming email to an 
existing user.

Apple Filing Protocol  See AFP.

automount  To make a share point appear automatically on a client computer. See also 
mount.

bit  A single piece of information, with a value of either 0 or 1.

Bonjour  A protocol developed by Apple for automatic discovery of computers, 
devices, and services on IP networks. Formerly called Rendezvous, this proposed 
Internet standard protocol is sometimes referred to as ZeroConf or multicast DNS.

CIFS  Common Internet File System. See SMB.

client  A computer (or a user of the computer) that requests data or services from 
another computer, or server.

command line  The text you type at a shell prompt when using a command-line 
interface.

command-line interface  A way of interacting with the computer (for example, to run 
programs or modify file system permissions) by entering text commands at a shell 
prompt. See also shell; shell prompt.