Installation guide

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network adapter A printed circuit board,
node name The unique portion of the
installed in a computer, that enables the computer
to run LAN Manager software and join the local
area network.
computername for those computers that are also
identified by a TCP/IP domain. See also TCP/IP
domain.
network adapter driver A network device
node number The part of the IP address that
driver that controls the physical function of a
network adapter. See also network adapter,
network device driver, protocol driver.
identifies the computer on the network.
NT See Windows NT.
NT file system See NTFS.
Network Basic Input/Output System
(NetBIOS)
NTFS An advanced file system designed for use
See NetBIOS.
specifically within the Windows NT operating
system. It supports file system recovery, extremely
large storage media, and various features for the
POSIX subsystem. It also supports object-oriented
applications by treating all files as objects with
user-defined and system-defined attributes.
network device driver Software that
coordinates communication between the network
adapter and the computer’s hardware and other
software, controlling the physical function of the
network adapters.
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network directory See shared directory.
operating system A program that coordinates
network driver interface specification (NDIS)
all parts of a computer system. Network software
extends the operating system, coordinating the
interactions of workstations and servers.
LAN Manager workstations work with either
MS-DOS or OS/2.
The Microsoft/3COM specification for the
interface for local area network device drivers.
All media access control and protocol drivers
shipped with LAN Manager conform to the
network driver interface specification (NDIS).
operator privilege The privilege granted to a
network number The part of the IP address that
user that allows the user to perform certain
limited administrative tasks on a LAN Manager
server.
identifies the network a computer is on.
network path The computername of a server
followed by the sharename of a shared resource.
A server’s computername is preceded by two
backslashes (\\) and a sharename is preceded by
one backslash (for example, \\SALES\REPORT).
See also computername, resource, and
sharename.
operator rights See operator privilege.
option Part of a command that can modify how
the command or service works; it is not required.
option button One of a set of options in a
LAN Manager Screen dialog box. You can select
only one option from the set.
network resource See resource, shared
resource.
OS/2 Operating System/2. This operating system
network security See security.
supports LAN Manager workstations. See also
operating system.
node A computer or network component, such
as a hub or a bridge, connected to the network.