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| A small app or add-on that can be downloaded from a web site along with a web page and is executed by a browser to enhance the web page. |
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| The folders that are shared by default on a network domain that administrator accounts can access. |
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| A type of user group. When a user account is assigned to this group, the account is granted rights that are assigned to an administrator account |
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| User accounts that have not been authenticated on a computer. |
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| A program that is intended to work on a client computer when the complete application is on a server. |
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| Authenticated Users group |
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| All user accounts that have been authenticated to access the system except the Guest account. Compare to anonymous users. |
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| A type of Windows user account group. When a user account belongs to this group, it can back up and restore any files on the system regardless of its having access to these files. |
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| A tool used to test a cable to find out if it is good or to find out what type of cable it is if the cable is not labeled. |
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| In Windows, the Authenticated Users group as well as the Guest account. When you share a file or folder on the network, Windows, by default, gives access to the Everyone group. |
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| A clamp installed on a network cable to protect against electrical interference. |
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| A computer dedicated to storing and serving up data files and folders. |
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| Group Policy (gpedit.msc) |
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| A console available only in Windows professional and business editions that is used to control what users can do and how the system can be used. |
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| A type of user group in Windows. User accounts that belong to this group have limited rights to the system and are given a temporary profile that is deleted after the user logs off. |
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| A folder whose folder name ends with a $ symbol. When you share the folder, it does not appear in the Network window or My Network Places window. |
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| Permissions assigned by Windows that are attained from a parent object. |
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| A dialog box used to manage Internet Explorer settings. |
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| Ipconfig (IP configuration) |
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| A command that displays TCP/IP configuration information and can refresh TCP/IP assignments to a connection including its IP address. |
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| A type of Windows XP user group, also known as the Users group in Windows 2000. Accounts in this group have read-write access only on their own folders, read-only access to most system folders, and no access to other users’ data. In Windows 7/Vista, a standard account is a limited account. |
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| Folders on a computer that are shared with others on the network by using a folder’s Properties box. Local shares are used with a workgroup and not with a domain. |
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| A tool used to test a live network cable or port. |
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| A command that allows you to start Remote Desktop Connection to remote in to your host computer using Remote Desktop. |
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| nbtstat (NetBIOS over TCP/IP Statistics) |
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| A TCP/IP command that is used to display statistics about the NetBT protocol. |
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| A TCP/IP command that connects or disconnects a computer from a shared resource or can display information about connections. |
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| A TCP/IP command used to manage user accounts. |
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| netstat (network statistics) |
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| A TCP/IP command that gives statistics about TCP/IP and network activity and includes several parameters. |
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| Mounting a drive to a computer, such as drive E, that is actually hard drive space on another host computer on the network. |
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| Nslookup (name space lookup |
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| A TCP/IP command that lets you read information from the Internet name space by requesting information about domain name resolutions from the DNS server’s zone data. |
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| A method to share a folder or file over a network and can apply to local uses and network users. The folder or file must be on an NTFS volume. Compare to share permissions. |
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| When Windows passes permissions from parent objects to child objects. |
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| Varying degrees of access assigned to a folder or file and given to a user account or user group. Access can include full control, write, delete, or read-only. |
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| Ping (Packet InterNet Groper) |
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| A TCP/IP command used to troubleshoot network connections. It verifies that the host can communicate with another host on the network. |
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| A type of user account group. Accounts assigned to this group can read from and write to parts of the system other than their own user profile folders, install applications, and perform limited administrative tasks |
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| principle of least privilege |
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| An approach where computer users are classified and the rights assigned are the minimum rights required to do their job. |
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| A computer that intercepts requests that a browser makes of a server and serves up the request from a cache it maintains in order to improve performance on a large network. |
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| Gives an administrator access to the Windows folder on a remote computer. |
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| An application that is installed and executed on a server and is presented to a user working at a client computer. |
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| A Windows tool that gives a user access to his or her Windows desktop from anywhere on the Internet. |
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| Software included in Windows 2008 and later that uses the RDP protocol to present a remote application and its data to the client. Prior to Windows 2008, the software was called Terminal Services. |
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| RemoteApp and Desktop Connection |
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| A tool used to install a remote application on a client computer using either an application proxy file or a URL to the server application. |
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| To find the host name when you know a computer’s IP address. The Nslookup command can perform a reverse lookup. |
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| A method to share a folder (not individual files) to remote users on the network, including assigning varying degrees of access to specific user accounts and user groups. Does not apply to local shares and can be used on an NTFS or FAT volume. Compare to NTFS permissions. |
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| A Windows XP technique to share folders or files with remote network users where you have no control over who has access to the shared folder or file. |
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| See Remote Desktop Services |
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| A TCP/IP command that enables you to resolve a connectivity problem when attempting to reach a destination host such as a web site. |
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| The group of standard user accounts. |
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| Configuring a computer so that it will respond to network activity when the computer is in a sleep state. |
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