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Load Balancin
Services A mana
ement add-on to Citrix WinFrame and MetaFrame
servers that allows administrators to
roup multiple WinFrame
and/or MetaFrame servers into scalable “server farms” to
deliver the best application performance and server resource
utilization.
Mb or me
abit 1,048,576 bits. Commonly referred to as 1 million bits.
Mbps or Mb/s Me
abits per second.
MetaFrame The world’s first Server-based Computin
software for Microsoft
Windows NT 4.0 Server, Terminal Server Edition multi-user
software.
MIB Mana
ement Information Base. A database of mana
ed objects
accessed by network mana
ement protocols.
Modem (Mo)dulator/(dem)odulator. Data communication equipment
(DCE) devices that provide connections for computers into the
public switched telephone network (PSTN). They convert
(modulate) the di
ital si
nals of computers into analo
si
nals
that can be transmitted over telephone lines. A modem at the
other end of the link then demodulates the si
nals back to di
ital
bits.
Modular terminal Desktop client that works with existin
standard monitors.
Network An interconnected
roup of nodes; a series of points, nodes, or
stations connected by communications channels; the assembly
of equipment throu
h which connections are made between
data stations.
Null modem A cable, typically an RS-232 cable, for connectin
serial ports
on two computers directly, rather than via modems. Since,
accordin
to the specification, both computers should transmit
on pin three of their RS-232 connectors and receive on pin two,
a null modem cable needs to connect one computer's pin two to
the other's pin three and vice versa. It also needs to have male
connectors at both ends (a
ain, accordin
to the specification).
OSD On Screen Display. A menu that displays on your monitor.
Packet A
roup of bits (includin
data and call control si
nals)
transmitted as an identifiable unit on a packet-switched network
(PSN).
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