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Glossary
Glossary
administrator A user with server or directory domain administration privileges.
Administrators are always members of the predefined “admin” group.
administrator computer A Mac OS X computer onto which you’ve installed the server
administration applications from the Mac OS X Server Admin CD.
AFP Apple Filing Protocol. A client/server protocol used by Apple file service on
Macintosh-compatible computers to share files and network services. AFP uses TCP/IP
and other protocols to communicate between computers on a network.
Apache An open-source HTTP server integrated into Mac OS X Server. You can find
detailed information about Apache at www.apache.org.
application server Software that runs and manages other applications, usually web
applications, that are accessed using a web browser. The managed applications reside
on the same computer where the application server runs.
authentication The process of proving a user’s identity, typically by validating a user
name and password. Usually authentication occurs before an authorization process
determines the user’s level of access to a resource. For example, file service authorizes
full access to folders and files that an authenticated user owns.
authorization The process by which a service determines whether it should grant a
user access to a resource and how much access the service should allow the user to
have. Usually authorization occurs after an authentication process proves the user’s
identity. For example, file service authorizes full access to folders and files that an
authenticated user owns.
BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain. The program included with Mac OS X Server
that implements DNS. The program is also called the name daemon, or named, when
the program is running.
BootP An older method of allocating IP addresses to clients on a network See also
DHCP.
boot ROM Low-level instructions used by a computer in the first stages of starting up.