User's Manual

Glossary
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Access permissions
The assignment of specific rights to users so that they can access shared data and
resources in the network. Access permissions are managed by the network
software.
Administrator
Designation for the person responsible for managing a network. He has
unlimited access permissions and is responsible for maintaining and managing
all of the hardware and software in the network.
Anti-aliasing
Also called font smoothing. A method employed to reduce pixel stepping in
slanted and curved lines. These “steps” are smoothed out through interpolation,
which is the inclusion of additional colored pixels to create the image of a
smooth line. This can also cause lines to appear wider.
Application
A piece of software designed to fulfill specific tasks and to create documents, for
example word processors and spreadsheet programs.
Benchmark
A measure for comparing performance for hardware, software or for services.
BIOS
Acronym for “Basic Input Output System”.
Bit
Short for “binary digit”, the smallest unit of information in the binary number
system. Corresponds to one storage cell. A bit can either have the value 0 or 1.
Eight bits are equal to one byte. The terms “bit” and “binary digit” were coined
in 1946 at Princeton University by the mathematician John Tukey, one of the
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