User guide

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Glossary
The common Freeway terms and acronyms are defined below.
BOOTP Bootstrap protocol
boot server A client computer that downloads software onto Freeway (that
is, “boots” Freeway). During this operation, Freeway becomes a
client of the boot server.
client An entity on the LAN that uses the services offered by Freeway.
To conform with the industry use of this term, a client refers to
an application program which is running on a host somewhere
on the network and communicates with Freeway through a
LAN connection. This term in no way implies usage of a spe-
cific LAN host platform, and no assumption is made as to the
distribution of clients on the LAN. See also “process.”
CD Compact Disk
CDROM Compact Disk - Read-only Memory
CPU Central processing unit
Data Link Interface See DLI/TSI
DLI/TSI The Data Link Interface (DLI) and Transport Subsystem Inter-
face (TSI) provide a programming library of routines to facili-