Specifications

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Glossary
KB (kilobyte)
The abbreviation for a standard unit for measuring the information storage capacity of
disks and memory (RAM and ROM); 1024 bytes make one kilobyte, in most uses.
launch
To start up an application, often by double-clicking an icon.
LED
Light-Emitting Diode. A light on a piece of hardware that indicates status or error
conditions.
local workstation
Thephysicalworkstationwhosekeyboardand mouse you areusing,allhardwarethatis
connected to that workstation, and all software that resides on that hardware or its
removable media.
lockbar
A longpiece ofmetal witha hole on the end that you slidethrough the chassis. It allows
you to secure the workstation with a lock and locking cable. The drives, frontplane,
system module (containing the CPU and DIMMs) are inaccessible when the lockbar is
locked in the system.
log in
To give the system your login name so you can start a session on the workstation.
log out
To end a session on the workstation.
login account
A database of information about each user that, at the minimum, consists of the login
name, user ID, and home directory.
login name
A name that uniquely identifies a user to the system.
login screen
The window that you see after powering on the system, before you can access files and
directories. The window contains one icon for each login account on the system.