NetWare 4.1/9000 Concepts

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Connection number
A number assigned to any workstation that attaches to a NetWare server; it
may be a different number each time a station attaches.
Connection numbers are also assigned to processes, print servers, and
applications that use server connections.
The server’s operating system uses connection numbers to control each
station’s communication with other stations.
Related utility: “NLIST” (Utilities Reference).
Connectivity
The ability to link different pieces of hardware and software (PCs,
minicomputers, and mainframes) into a network to share resources
(applications, printers, and so forth).
See also: “Internetwork.”
Console
The monitor and keyboard where you view and control NetWare server
activity.
See also “Server console.”
Container object
An object that holds, or contains, other objects. Container objects are used as
a way to logically organize all other objects in the Directory tree.
See also “Object”; “Creating Container Objects” (Supervising the Network).
Context
The position of an object in the Directory tree.
NetWare Directory Services allows you to refer to objects according to their
positions in a tree. When you add an object (such as a NetWare Server or
User) to the network, you place that object in a container object in the
Directory tree.