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18. Terms
18. Terms
Active Directory
A directory service developed by Microsoft
and included in Windows.
CN (Common Name)
An attribute used for LDAP services,
denoting a person's name.
DC (Domain Component)
An attribute used for LDAP services,
denoting a domain name element.
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol)
A communication protocol for accessing
directory services.
MAC address (Media Access Control
address)
A unique physical address assigned to a
device connected to a network.
Microsoft SQL Server
A relational database management system
developed by Microsoft.
Microsoft SQL Server Compact
A compact relational database
management system developed by
Microsoft.
OU (Organization Unit)
An attribute used for LDAP services,
denoting a department name.
PIN (Personal Identification Number)
An identification number used to verify a
user's identity.
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
A protocol for sending email via the
Internet.
SMTP authentication (SMTP-AUTH)
User authentication performed using an
SMTP server. Authentication methods
include login, PLAIN and CRAM-MD5.
LOGIN
A user authentication method using plain
text.
PLAIN
A user authentication method using plain
text, as with the login method.
CRAM-MD5
A user authentication method
performed by using challenge-response
authentication.
SNMP (Simple Network Management
Protocol)
A protocol for monitoring and controlling
devices connected to a network.
Web service (EWS [Embedded Web
Services])
Inbuilt web server software used if the
environment where sPSV is installed does
not contain IIS.
Internet Information Services (IIS)
The standard Windows web server service,
which supports basic protocols such as
HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, SMTP and NNTP.
Secure Protocol
A protocol that uses encoding and
authentication technology to communicate
safely with remote computers.
Broadcast format
A form of data communication in which
data is conveyed from one user to an
unspecified large number of other users by
specifying all destinations in the same data
link.
Buffer
A memory device or memory domain that
temporarily stores data to compensate for
differences in processing speed or transfer
speed when data is sent or received by
multiple independent users.
Port number
A sub-address assigned after the IP
address so that network connections can
be made to multiple destinations at the
same time. Port numbers from 0 to 65535
can be used.