iTP Secure WebServer Operator Messages Manual

Glossary
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Internet Protocol (IP)
Internet Protocol (IP). The Internet standard protocol that defines the Internet datagram as
the unit of information passed across the Internet and that provides the basis for the
Internet connectionless, best-effort packet delivery service.
Internet. Physically, a collection of packet-switching networks interconnected by gateways,
along with protocols that allow them to function logically as a single, large, virtual
network. When written in uppercase, INTERNET refers specifically to the DARPA
Internet and the TCP/IP protocols it uses.
interoperability. The ability of software and hardware on multiple machines from multiple
vendors to communicate meaningfully.
IP. See Internet Protocol (IP).
Joint Photographic Expert Group (JPEG). An image format used to transmit graphics on
the World Wide Web (WWW).
JPEG. See Joint Photographic Expert Group (JPEG).
key database file. The file in which you maintain keys you generated using the keyadmin
command with either the -mkpair or -keydb argument. These are the keys you use to
generate certificates for software encryption. Compare WID keyfile.
Key Exchange Key (KEK). An encryption key used to encrypt other keys.
local area network (LAN). Any physical network technology that operates at high speed
(usually from tens of megabits per second to several gigabits per second) over short
distances (up to a few thousand meters).
Mosaic. See browser.
Netscape. See browser.
nowait mode. In Guardian file-system operations and in some APS operations, the mode in
which the called procedure initiates an input/output (I/O) operation but does not wait for
it to complete before returning control to the caller. In order to make the called
procedure wait for the completion of the operation, the application calls a separate
procedure. Compare
wait mode.
Open System Services (OSS). An open system environment available for interactive or
programmatic use with the NonStop Kernel operating system. Processes that run in
the OSS environment use the OSS application program interface (API); interactive
users of the OSS environment use the OSS shell for their command interpreter.
OSS applications. POSIX compliant applications.
OSS. See Open System Services (OSS).