User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

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field One of the five areas within a
dialog box. See also check box,
command button, dialog box, list box,
option button, text box.
file attribute Special properties of a
file. The options are read-only and
archive. Assigned to files and directories
using the MS-DOS attrib command.
file system In an operating system, the
overall structure in which files are
named, stored, and organized.
filename A unique name for a file.
MS-DOS filenames can be from one to
eight characters in length and can be
followed by a filename extension
consisting of a period (.) and one to three
characters. See also filename extension.
filename extension A period (.) and
one to three characters that can be
appended to a filename. See also
filename.
forwarding messages See message
forwarding.
group A set of users who share
common permissions for one or more
shared resources. See also user account.
groupname The name assigned by an
administrator to a group of users.
high-performance file system See
HPFS.
home directory A directory on a server
that is accessible to the user and contains
files and programs for that user. A home
directory can be assigned to an
individual user or can be shared by many
users.
HPFS High-performance file system
(HPFS); primarily used with the OS/2
operating system version 1.2 or later. It
supports long filenames but does not
provide security.
HPFS file system See HPFS.
initialization file A file used to
establish your own configuration for a
program. For example, the
LANMAN.INI file is used by the
LAN Manager software to determine
default settings for network services. See
also LANMAN.INI.
LAN See local area network (LAN).
LAN Manager A software program
that expands the features of MS-DOS to
enable computers to join a local area
network. See also local area network
(LAN).
LAN Manager Basic A version of
LAN Manager that enables an MS-DOS
computer to connect to local area
network directories and printers, and to
print jobs over the network. With
LAN Manager Basic, network tasks can
be done from the command line only.
LAN Manager Enhanced A version of
LAN Manager that enables an MS-DOS
computer to connect to local area
network directories and printers, print
jobs over the network, send and receive
network messages, and automatically
connect to network resources. With