Specifications

Glossary
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static electricity
Whenever your body comes in physical contact with metal parts (including printed
circuit boards) of computer equipment, there is the potential for you to feel an electrical
shock (electrostatic discharge, or ESD), which could damage the equipment. To prevent
this, you must always wear a wrist strap when working with the internal parts of a
workstation.
StereoView
AportonthegraphicsboardtowhichyouattachacablethatattachestoStereoView(3D)
glasses or a Stereo View (3D) headset.
superuser
A user with root privileges. You become a superuser by logging in as root, by typing su
at the shell prompt, or by running programs set up to run as root. See also system
administrator.
system
All the hardware and software that makes up the workstation.
system administration
The tasks associated with setting up, maintaining, and troubleshooting a networked or
standalone system.
system administrator
The individual responsible for setting up, maintaining, and troubleshooting a system.
The system administrator uses the root login account to perform most administrative
tasks.
system crash
When the IRIX operating system fails and the system does not accept any keyboard or
mouse input.
system disk
The physical disk that contains the standard IRIX operating system software (the
software that makes your workstation run).
System Manager
A set of tools that the administrator uses to set up and manage the Silicon Graphics
workstation. You access the System Manager through the System toolchest.