Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit 2003
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Year: 2005
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Pages: 338
A derivative of the file allocation table (FAT) file system. FAT32 supports smaller cluster sizes and larger volumes than FAT, which results in more efficient space allocation on FAT32 volumes. See also file allocation table (FAT).
The ability of computer hardware or software to ensure data integrity when hardware failures occur. Fault tolerant features appear in many server operating systems and include mirrored volumes, RAID-5 volumes, and server clusters. See also cluster; mirrored volume; RAID-5 volume.
See definition for Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI).
A type of network media designed for use with fiber-optic cabling.
A file system used by MS-DOS and other Windows operating systems to organize and manage files. The file allocation table (FAT) is a data structure that Windows creates when you format a volume by using the FAT or FAT32 file systems. Windows stores information about each file in the FAT so that it can retrieve the file later. See also FAT32; file system; NTFS file system.
The row in the master file table (MFT) that corresponds to a particular disk file. The file record is identified by its file reference.
In an operating system, the overall structure in which files are named, stored, and organized. NTFS, FAT, and FAT32 are types of file systems. See also FAT32; NTFS file system.
An area of physical memory that holds frequently used pages. It allows applications and services to locate pages rapidly and reduces disk activity.
A member of the TCP/IP suite of protocols, used to copy files between two computers on the Internet. Both computers must support their respective FTP roles: one must be an FTP client and the other an FTP server. See also Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
For Indexing Service, software that extracts content and property values from a document in order to index them.
For IPSec, a specification of IP traffic that provides the ability to trigger security negotiations for a communication based on the source, destination, and type of IP traffic.
A keyboard feature that instructs your keyboard to ignore brief or repeated keystrokes. You can also adjust the keyboard repeat rate, which is the rate at which a key repeats when you hold it down. See also ToggleKeys.
A combination of hardware and software that provides a security system, usually to prevent unauthorized access from outside to an internal network or intranet. A firewall prevents direct communication between network and external computers by routing communication through a proxy server outside of the network. The proxy server determines whether it is safe to let a file pass through to the network. A firewall is also called a security-edge gateway.
See definition for IEEE 1394.
A Group Policy option that allows you to redirect designated folders to the network.
A graphic design applied to a collection of numbers, symbols, and characters. A font describes a certain typeface, along with other qualities such as size, spacing, and pitch. See also OpenType fonts; PostScript fonts; screen font; Type 1 fonts.
A collection of one or more Active Directory domain trees that share a common schema, configuration, and global catalog and are linked with two-way transitive trusts. See also domain; domain tree; schema.
The scattering of parts of the same disk file over different areas of the disk. Fragmentation occurs as files on a disk are deleted and new files are added. It slows disk access and degrades the overall performance of disk operations, although usually not severely. See also defragmentation.
A logical collection of unused data-storage media that can be used by applications or other media pools. When media are no longer needed by an application, they are returned to a free media pool so that they can be used again. See also media pool; Removable Storage.
Available space that you use to create logical drives within an extended partition. See also extended partition; logical drive; unallocated space.