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

54 Glossary
Glossary
names and aliases with the port
number and protocol the services
use.
SERVSAMP.NET.SYS Sample
services name data base file.
subnet Another name for a
network, especially if the network
is part of an internetwork. The
word subnet is also a synonym for
intranet.
subnet mask Grouping of bits
that determines which bits of the
IP address will be used to define a
subnetwork. The subnet mask is
configured using the NMMGR
utility and specified in the same
format as an IP address.
T
TAC Telnet Access Card. A board
within a DTC 48 or 72MX.
TCP Transmission Control
Protocol. A network protocol that
establishes and maintains
connections between nodes. TCP
regulates the flow of data, breaks
messages into smaller fragments
if necessary (and reassembles the
fragments at the destination),
detects errors, and retransmits
messages if errors have been
detected.
TEB Telnet Express Box. An HP
product consisting of a DTC
dedicated to providing protocol
conversion between Telnet on
TCP/IP and AFCP to allow
incoming calls from the ARPA
environment to HP 3000 systems.
Telnet Telecommunications
Network Protocol. The
application protocol offering
virtual terminal service in the
Internet suite of protocols
developed by the Advanced
Research Projects Agency
(ARPA).
Telnet/iX An HP product
providing Telnet services over
TCP/IP on MPE/iX.
TELNET.ARPA.SYS A file that
contains the Telnet/iX product.
Telnet Express An HP product
consisting of a DTC dedicated to
providing protocol conversion
between Telnet on TCP/IP and
AFCP to allow incoming calls
from the ARPA environment to
HP 3000 systems.
TELNTDOC.ARPA.SYS The
readme file for the Telnet/iX
product.
Terminal Emulator Software
package that emulates
characteristics of some specific
hardware terminal model(s). This
includes mimicking the keyboard
and display handling
characteristics, and the
communication link
characteristics, of the emulated
terminal.
V
Virtual Terminal A network
service that allows a user to
establish interactivesessionsona
node.