Specifications

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Glossary
power supply
ThepieceofhardwareintheOCTANEchassisthatdirectspowerfromanelectricaloutlet
to the chassis, monitor, and internal SCSI devices.
Printer Manager
A tool thatyou access through either theSystem toolchest orthe System Manager. Use it
to set up printer software and monitor jobs that you send to the printer.
PROM monitor
The interface that you use to communicate with the system after it is powered on, but
before it is booted and running IRIX.
prompt
Acharacter orwordthat the systemdisplays inan IRIXshell; itindicates thatthe system
is ready to accept commands. The default prompt for regular user accounts is %; the
default prompt for the root account is #.
quit
To stop running an application.
reference page
See man (manual) page.
remote workstation, drive, disk, filesystem, or printer
A hardware device, or the information or media it contains, that you can access across
the network; it is not physically connected to your workstation.
reset button
A button on the workstation that you can press, to cut off power to the workstation and
then immediately restores it. Never press this button while IRIX is running unless all
attempts to shut down the system using software fail. See also shut down.
restore (files)
To copy files that once resided on your hard disk from another disk or a tape back onto
your hard disk.