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Access privileges
Permission to view and work with certain records, fields, layouts, value lists, and scripts and to
perform selected activities in a file.
Account
A username and (usually) password that accesses a file with a defined level of privileges.
Active Directory
In Windows, the distributed directory service that is included with the Microsoft Windows 2000
and 2003 Server operating systems. Active Directory provides centralized, secure management
of a network.
Admin Console
The application you use to configure and administer FileMaker Server, work with hosted
databases, view details about connected clients, and track statistical information.
Administrative tasks
Procedures performed regularly by the administrator to keep FileMaker Server running
efficiently and insure data integrity in hosted databases. For example, running regularly
scheduled database backups is a typical administrative task.
API (Application Programming Interface)
A set of software application building blocks, such as classes, methods, data structures,
variables, procedures, and functions.
AppleScript
Mac OS: A scripting language you can use to control functions of the Mac OS and of
applications that support AppleScript (often called scriptable applications).
Assistants
Onscreen instructions that guide you step-by-step through a task.
Authentication
The process of checking the validity of an account and password (if one is defined) before
assigning privileges and allowing access to a system or a database file.
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Backup
A copy of a database file that can be used if the original is lost, damaged, or otherwise
irretrievable.
Block
A string of data elements recorded or transmitted as an individual unit. A block is often the
smallest unit of data a program reads from or writes to the hard disk.