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Glossary
Glossary
This glossary defines terms and spells out abbreviations you may encounter while
working with online help or the various reference manuals for Mac OS X Server.
References to terms defined elsewhere in the glossary appear in italics.
access control list See ACL.
ACE Access Control Entry. An entry within the ACL that controls access rights. See ACL.
ACL Access Control List. A list, maintained by a system, that defines the rights of users
and groups to access resources on the system.
Active Directory The directory and authentication service of Microsoft Windows 2000
Server, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2003 R2.
administrator A user with server or directory domain administration privileges.
Administrators are always members of the predefined “admin” group.
administrator computer A Mac OS X computer onto which you’ve installed the server
administration applications from the Mac OS X Server Admin CD.
AFP Apple Filing Protocol. A client/server protocol used by Apple file service to share
files and network services. AFP uses TCP/IP and other protocols to support
communication between computers on a network.
Apple Filing Protocol See AFP.
automount To make a share point appear automatically on a client computer. See also
mount.
blog A webpage that presents chronologically ordered entries. Often used as an
electronic journal or newsletter.
BSD Berkeley Software Distribution. A version of UNIX on which Mac OS X software is
based.
child A computer that gets configuration information from the shared directory
domain of a parent.