... DNS¹

DNS: Domain Name System. Distributed database that is used to map hostnames to IP addresses and vice versa.

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... HTTP²

HTTP: Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol. Protocol used to transfer web pages and related content such as images.

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... HTTPS³

HTTPS: Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol Secure. An encrypted version of HTTP

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... RDBMS⁴

RDBMS: Relational Database Management System

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... URL⁵

URL: Universal Resource Locator

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... NFS⁶

NFS: Network File System. Ubiquitous network file system developed by Sun Microsystems

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... AFS⁷

AFS: Andrew File System. Network file system developed by IBM with data cached to local disk by clients.

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... GFS⁸

GFS: Global File System. Network file system that supports shared disks accessible via fibre channel.

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... EBGP4⁹

EBGP4: Exterior Border Gateway Protocol version 4. The routing protocol that is used to distribute external, inter-network routes on the internet.

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... ARP¹⁰

ARP: Address Resolution Protocol. The protocol used on ethernet networks to map IP addresses to hardware addresses

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... hardware address¹¹

Hardware Address: On an ethernet network each network card has a unique address that is used designate a frame on the segment to a host. This is known as the hardware address. There is a broadcast hardware address that designates that a frame should be received by all hosts.

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... LAN¹²

LAN: Local Area Network. Network used to connect machines in close physical proximity. Typically high bandwidth and low latency

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... WebSphere¹³

Web Sphere is a collection of tools including layer 4 switching technology. It is probably best know for providing the infrastructure for hosting the web presence for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.

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... BIND¹⁴

BIND: Berkeley Internet Name Domain. A reference, and arguably the most widely used DNS daemon.

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... SAN¹⁵

SAN: Storage Area Network. Host-independent disks, connected to each other and hosts by a network.

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... RAID¹⁶

RAID: Reliable Array of Inexpensive Disks. A method of creating fault tolerant storage by striping and/or mirroring data across multiple disks.

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... site¹⁷

http://www.globalfilesystem.org/

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... download¹⁸

http://oss.sgi.com/projects/failsafe/

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