Chapter 2: Installing Windows Server 2008 Flashcards
A program on a read-only or flash memory chip that establishes basic communication with components such as the monitor and disk drives. The advantage of a flash chip is that you can update the BIOS.
Basic Input/Output System (BIOS)
A license to enable a workstation to access a Windows server.
Client Access Licence (CAL)
An enhancement to COM that enables publishing and subscriber services for applications, load balancing, and other services.
COM+
A set of standards for building software from individual objects or components; COM provides the basis for Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) and ActiveX, for example.
Component Object Model (COM)
A set of unique identification information that is typically put at the end of a file, or that is associated with a computer communication. Its purpose is to show that the source of the file or communication is legitimate.
Digital Certificate
A system that enables folders shared from multiple computers to appear as though they exist in one centralized hierarchy of folders instead of on many different computers.
Distributed File System (DFS)
A TCP/IP application protocol that transfers files in bulk data streams and that is commonly used on the Internet.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Enables you to create one file and then establish links to that file in other folders, as though the file is in all of the folders.
Hard Link
A protocol in the TCP/IP suite of protocols that is used to transport Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) documents and other data transmissions over networks and the Internet for access by Web-compliant browsers.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
The process of keeping chronological records of data or transactions so that if a system crashes without warning, the data or transactions can be reconstructed or backed out to avoid data loss or information that is not properly synchronized.
Journaling
File system that is native to Windows Server systems and that supports features such as security, compression, disk quotas, encryption, self-healing from disk damage, and others.
New Technology File System (NTFS)
Standards set by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for portability of applications.
Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX)
An environment in which a client computer has software or hardware to enable its network interface card to connect to the network and communicate with a server (or boot from the server) without having to first boot from an operating system on the client’s hard disk.
Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
A set of standards designed to extend the life of hard disk drives and to prevent data loss from a hard disk failure.
Redundant Array of Inexpensive (or independent) Disks (RAID)
A major update for an operating system that includes fixes for known problems and provides product enhancements.
Service Pack (SP)
