User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

360
Glossary
MS-DOS Microsoft Disk Operating
System. This is the operating system on
which LAN Manager Basic and
Enhanced run.
MS-DOS prompt See prompt.
named pipe A connection used to
transfer data between separate processes,
usually on separate computers. Named
pipes are the foundation of interprocess
communication (IPC).
Net Logon service The service that
implements logon security. This service
is called Net Logon on Windows NT
Advanced Servers and Netlogon on
LAN Manager servers. When a server in
a domain runs this service, the username
and password supplied by each user who
attempts to log on in the domain are
checked.
Netpopup service A LAN Manager
Enhanced service that displays messages
on your computer screen as they arrive
from other local area network users or
from LAN Manager. The Netpopup
service requires that the Messenger
service be running. Users of the
Windows operating system may use
Minipop instead of Netpopup. See also
Messenger service.
NetWare Connectivity A
LAN Manager feature that lets a
computer run both LAN Manager and
Novell NetWare so that one computer
can act as a workstation on a
Windows NT or LAN Manager network
and a NetWare network at the same time.
network device driver Software that
coordinates communication between the
network adapter and the computer’s
hardware and other software, controlling
the physical function of the network
adapters.
network directory See shared
directory.
network path The computername of a
server followed by the sharename of a
shared resource. A server’s
computername is preceded by two
backslashes (\\), and a sharename is
preceded by one backslash (for example,
\\SALES\REPORTS). You connect your
workstation to a shared resource by
specifying its network path. See also
computername, resource, sharename.
network resource A resource that is
available to local area network users. See
also resource, shared resource.
network security A system used to
protect network resources from
unauthorized access.
NT See Windows NT.
NT file system See NTFS.
NTFS An advanced file system
designed for use specifically within the
Windows NT operating system. It
supports file system recovery, extremely
large storage media, and various features
for the POSIX subsystem. It also
supports object-oriented applications by
treating all files as objects with user-
defined and system-defined attributes.