Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit 2003
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Year: 2005
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Pages: 338
The coding system used by Dolby Digital. A standard for high quality digital audio that is used for the sound portion of video stored in digital format.
A type of expansion slot that is solely for video cards. Designed by Intel, AGP is a dedicated bus that provides fast, high-quality video and graphics performance.
An entry in an object's discretionary access control list (DACL) that grants permissions to a user or group. An ACE is also an entry in an object's system access control list (SACL) that specifies the security events to be audited for a user or group. See also access control list (ACL); access mask; discretionary access control list (DACL); object; permission; security descriptor; system access control list (SACL).
A list of security protections that apply to an entire object, a set of the object's properties, or an individual property of an object. There are two types of access control lists: discretionary and system. See also access control entry (ACE); discretionary access control list (DACL); object; security descriptor; system access control list (SACL).
A 32-bit value that specifies the rights that are allowed or denied in an access control entry (ACE) of an access control list (ACL). An access mask is also used to request access rights when an object is opened. See also access control entry (ACE).
A data structure that contains the security identifier (SID) for a security principal, SIDs for the groups that the security principal belongs to, and a list of the security principal's privileges (also called user rights) on the local computer. See also security ID (SID); security principal.
The quality of a system incorporating hardware or software to engage a flexible, customizable user interface, alternative input and output methods, and greater exposure of screen elements to make the computer usable by people with cognitive, hearing, physical, or visual disabilities.
An interactive tool that makes it easier to set up commonly used accessibility features by specifying options by type of disability, rather than by numeric value changes.
See definition for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI).
The directory service that stores information about objects on a network and makes this information available to users and network administrators. Active Directory gives network users access to permitted resources anywhere on the network using a single logon process. It provides network administrators with an intuitive, hierarchical view of the network and a single point of administration for all network objects. See also directory; directory service.
A partition from which an x86-based computer starts up. The active partition must be a primary partition on a basic disk. If you use Windows exclusively, the active partition can be the same as the system volume. See also basic disk; primary partition; system partition; system volume.
The volume from which the computer starts up. The active volume must be a simple volume on a dynamic disk. You cannot mark an existing dynamic volume as the active volume, but you can upgrade a basic disk containing the active partition to a dynamic disk. After the disk is upgraded to dynamic, the partition becomes a simple volume that is active. See also active partition; basic disk; dynamic disk; dynamic volume; simple volume.
A set of technologies that allows software components to interact with one another in a networked environment, regardless of the language in which the components were created.
An open industry specification that defines power management on a wide range of mobile, desktop, and server computers and peripherals. ACPI is the foundation for the OnNow industry initiative that allows system manufacturers to deliver computers that start at the touch of a keyboard. ACPI design is essential to take full advantage of power management and Plug and Play. See also Plug and Play.
A software interface (designed by Microsoft and Intel) between hardware-specific power management software (such as that located in a system BIOS) and an operating system power management driver. See also basic input/output system (BIOS).
In Systems Management Server, a notification sent by the site server to the client access points (CAPs) specifying that a software distribution program is available for clients to use. In Windows 2000 and Windows XP, the Software Installation snap-in generates an application advertisement script and stores this script in the appropriate locations in Active Directory and the Group Policy object.
The smallest amount of disk space that can be allocated to hold a file. All file systems used by Windows organize hard disks based on allocation units. The smaller the allocation unit size, the more efficiently a disk stores information. If you do not specify an allocation unit size when formatting the disk, Windows picks default sizes based on the size of the volume. These default sizes are selected to reduce the amount of space that is lost and the amount of fragmentation on the volume. An allocation unit is also called a cluster. See also file system; volume.
A standard single-byte character encoding scheme used for text-based data. ASCII uses designated 7-bit or 8-bit number combinations to represent either 128 or 256 possible characters. Standard ASCII uses 7 bits to represent all uppercase and lowercase letters, the numbers 0 through 9, punctuation marks, and special control characters used in U.S. English. Most current x86-based systems support the use of extended (or "high") ASCII. Extended ASCII allows the eighth bit of each character to identify an additional 128 special symbol characters, foreign-language letters, and graphic symbols. See also Unicode.
A text file that you can use to provide automated input for unattended installation of Windows XP and Windows 2000. This input includes parameters to answer the questions included in Setup for specific installations. In some cases, you can use this text file to provide input to wizards, such as the Active Directory Installation Wizard, which is used to add Active Directory to Windows 2000 Server through Setup. The default answer file for Setup is known as Unattend.txt. See also Active Directory.
See definition for application programming interface (API).
See definition for Advanced Power Management (APM).
A data repository that determines which media can be accessed by which applications and that sets the policies for that media. There can be any number of application media pools in a Removable Storage system. Applications create application media pools. See also Removable Storage.
A set of routines that an application uses to request and carry out lower-level services performed by a computer's operating system. These routines usually carry out maintenance tasks such as managing files and displaying information.
System extensions, programs, devices, and tools added to a computer to make it more accessible to users with disabilities.
A form of data transmission in which information is sent and received at irregular intervals, one character at a time. Because data is received at irregular intervals, the receiving modem must be signaled to let it know when the data bits of a character begin and end. This is done by means of start and stop bits.
A high-speed, connection-oriented protocol used to transport many different types of network traffic. ATM packages data in a 53-byte, fixed-length cell that can be switched quickly between logical connections on a network. See also protocol.
See definition for Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM).
For files, information that indicates whether a file is read-only, hidden, ready for archiving (backing up), compressed, or encrypted, and whether the file contents should be indexed for fast file searching. See also object; schema.
The process that tracks the activities of users by recording selected types of events in the security log of a server or a workstation.
The process for verifying that an entity or object is who or what it claims to be. Examples include confirming the source and integrity of information, such as verifying a digital signature or verifying the identity of a user or computer. See also confidentiality; cryptography; integrity; Kerberos V5 authentication protocol; nonrepudiation; NTLM authentication protocol; smart card; trust relationship.
A header that provides authentication, integrity, and anti-replay for the entire packet (the IP header and the data payload carried in the packet).
For DNS, describes a DNS server hosting a zone, or a zone containing a name or record. When a DNS server is configured to host a zone, it is said to be authoritative for names that do exist or could exist within that zone. A DNS server is allowed to respond authoritatively to queries for domain names for which it is authoritative. A zone is said to be authoritative for a name if the name exists or could exist within a zone, and it is said to be authoritiative for a record if the owner name of the record exists or could exist within a zone. See also DNS server; domain name; Domain Name System (DNS).
An unattended setup using one or more of several methods such as Remote Installation Services, bootable CD, and Sysprep. See also Remote Installation Services (RIS); Sysprep.
A method of automatically storing network files on a user's hard disk drive whenever a file is open so the files can be accessed when the user is not connected to the network.
A feature of Windows XP TCP/IP that automatically configures a unique IP address from the range 169.254.0.1 through 169.254.255.254 and a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 when the TCP/IP protocol is configured for dynamic addressing and a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is not available. See also Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP); IP address; Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
A state in which media can be allocated for use by applications.