Module # 6.3.1

Terms such as local area network, wide area network, access rights, security passwords, file server, zone

Getting there

ACCESS RIGHTS: a set of abilities for a specific user.  These rights empower the user to see files, save documents, print to a printer etc.  The computer decides what is allowed by the user name they enter.

CONTEXT: in Novell NetWare, the same concept as a workgroup but in a more hierarchical structure.

DOMAIN: a logical region of a computer network.  For example a school building connected to a larger network.

FILE SERVER: a special computer whose primary purpose is to provide services to other computers.  In this case, the service is storage and management of files.  Usually security, and communication functions are covered by the file server.

LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN): an infrastructure within a building or buildings close together that allows computers to communicate with each other.

PRINT SERVER: a piece of computer equipment that allows multiple users to print to a printer connected to the LAN.

PROTOCOL: a system for packaging information to be shipped over a network.

SECURITY PASSWORD:  A secret word that identifies a person as the authorized user associated with a user id.

WIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN): LAN's in several distant locations connected together (usually using telephone lines).  These WAN's usually have multiple servers.

WORKGROUP: a group of computers logically related.  This group will have a name and resources usually associated with this group of computers will usually appear as part of the workgroup.

ZONE: See WORKGROUP.