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Windows 7 configuration
Module 6
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Computer Science
Undergraduate 1
10/05/2011

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access control entry (ACE)
Definition
An individual permission assignment in an access control list, consisting of a security principal and the specific permissions assigned to that security principal.
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access control list (ACL)
Definition
An attribute of a Windows operating system element, such as a file, a printer, or a registry entry, which consists of a collection of individual permission assignments, in the form of access control entries (ACEs).
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effective permissions
Definition
The combination of permissions affecting a security principal’s access to a protected resource, whether derived from explicit permission assignments, permission inheritance, or group memberships.
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NTFS permissions
Definition
A system by which administrators control access to the files and folders stored on disk volumes formatted with the NTFS file system. To access a file, whether on the local system or over a network, a user must have the appropriate NTFS permissions.
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print device
Definition
A type of hardware device, connected to a computer or a network, which produces hard copy documents on paper or other print media.
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printer
Definition
The software interface through which a computer communicates with a print device. Windows 7 supports numerous interfaces, including parallel (LPT), serial (COM), USB, IEEE 1394, Infrared Data Access (IrDA), Bluetooth, and TCP/IP ports, as well as network printing services such as lpr, and Internet Printing Protocol (IPP).
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printer control language (PCL)
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?A communications protocol that computers and print devices use to exchange information about print jobs and device status. Each printer is associated with a printer driver that takes the commands generated by an application and converts them into the printer’s PCL.
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printer driver
Definition
A device driver that converts the print jobs generated by applications into an appropriate string of commands for a specific print device. Printer drivers are designed for specific print device and provide applications with access to all of the print device’s features.
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print server
Definition
A computer (or standalone device) that receives print jobs from clients and sends them to print devices that are either locally attached or connected to the network.
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security principal
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The name of the user, group, or computer being granted permissions.
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