HP Telnet/iX User's Guide (36957-90156)

Glossary 51
Glossary
HOSTS.NET.SYS Thehostname
database file which associates
Internet addresses with official
host names and aliases.
I
IEEE 802.3 A standard for a
broadcast local area network
published by the Institute for
Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE). This standard
is used for both the ThinLAN and
ThickLAN implementations of
the LAN.
inetd Internet Superserver.
When a Telnet connection comes
into an HP 3000, inetd starts
the telnet server.
Internet Protocol (IP) A
protocol used to provide routing
between different local networks
in an internetwork, as well as
among nodes in the same local
network. See also IP address.
Internet Services A set of
programs that allows your
computer to exchange
information with other nodes on
the internetwork. Each of the
programs uses a standard TCP/IP
communications protocol
originally developed for the
Advanced Research Projects
Agency (ARPA). For this reason,
Internet Services are sometimes
referred to as ARPA Services.
intrinsic System call or
procedure accessible by user
programs which provides an
interface to operating system
resources and functions.
Intrinsics perform common tasks
such as file access and device
control.
IP Internet Protocol. A protocol
used to provide routing between
different local networks in an
internetwork, as well as among
nodes in the same local network.
The internet protocol corresponds
to layer 3, the network layer, of
the OSI model. See also IP
address.
IP address Internet Protocol
address. An address used by the
Internet Protocol to perform
internet routing. A complete IP
address comprises a network
portion and a node portion. The
network portion of the IP address
identifies a network, and the node
portion identifies a node within
the network.
L
local host The system from
which your Telnet session is
initiated. This is the side running
the Telnet client software.
loopback The routing of
messages from a node back to
itself.
M
MPE/iX Theoperatingsystem for
the HP 3000 Series 900
computers.