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[11] CAN I GET A LIST OF TERMS USED OR AN SDF GLOSSARY?
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Additional recommended sources: Try 'dict word' and also 'jargon'
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This is not a comprehensive list of terms used, but it should be
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enough to get you started if you are a complete neophyte. Keep in
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mind this is not a dictionary, but a 'glossary' describing how
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words are used in the scope of the SDF Public Access UNIX System.
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ACCESS Your membership level, permission settings for a file or
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your ability to use one or more of SDF's features.
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ARPA (aka Advanced Research Projects Agency) A lifetime member
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of the SDF Public Access UNIX System. A permanent member
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who has paid a $36 initiation fee and has voting privileges.
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BBOARD The SDF (electronic) Bulletin Board. Think of it as a
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corkboard at a community center where members post notes
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with thumb tacks. All system notices are posted on the
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ANNOUNCE bboard.
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COM (aka 'COM MODE') An online communication forum where SDF users
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can interact with each other in real time.
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DBA DataBase Administrator membership.
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DISK Your personal data storage and the 60+ disk drives that make
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up all SDF data storage. Try 'disk' or 'quota' for more info.
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DNS Domain Name System. This is a method (and network protocol)
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which allows Domain Name information to propogate throughout
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the INTERNET. It is important to note that DNS does not
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provide services such as SMTP (mail), HTTP (web) nor any other
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service other than announcing WHERE services can be found.
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EMAIL Electronic MAIL. This can be accessed from the shell using
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a number of programs (elm, mutt, mailx, mm ..). Your mail is
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stored in the file: /mail/$LOGNAME
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FTP File Transfer Protocol. Allows you to send and receive
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files from a HOST.
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HOST A computer which provides services to users. To connect to
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SDF, please use 'tty.freeshell.org' as your HOST.
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MDNS (Meta DNS) A membership for Dynamic DNS which can be used
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to point your IP address to $LOGNAME.mdns.org or with your
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own domain using the DNS membership. (sdf-eu.org uses
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zdns.org (Zeta DNS)).
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MetaARPA (Above ARPA) A membership with annual dues of $36. This
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membership is considered to be 'trusted' and is mostly
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made up of people who care about SDF very much. In exchange
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for their dues, they have access to tools and features that
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could be abused by people who do not care about SDF.
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POINTER A membership for VHOST members who wish to point an additional
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domain to their VHOST membership space.
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POP3 Post Office Protocol Version 3. A protocol that allows an SDF
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member to transfer their mail from SDF to their computer. Also
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see VPM and IMAP.
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TELNET Telephone Network. TELNET is a protol which allows you to
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run a terminal session on a remote computer. This can become
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convoluded easily by running a remote TELNET client to open
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a session on another remote host to open another remote TELNET
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session to your local computer. (See the TELNET song by Guy
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L. Steele for more info). Basically, TELNET is a protocol for
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remote ACCESS to a (HOST) computer.
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URL Uniform Resource Locator. Mainly used to express a 'web site
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address', is also used to express protocol. Ex:
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gopher://sdf.org SDF's Gopher Address
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http://sdf.org SDF's WWW Address
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ftp://sdf.org SDF's FTP address
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telnet://sdf.org SDF's TELNET address
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URL on SDF mainly refers to the 'vanity URL' that you assign
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to your 'website'. You do this via the 'mkhomepg -a' command.
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VHOST A Virtual HOST. A membership that allows an ARPA member to
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Virtually HOST a domain name on SDF particularly for the
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purpose of serving webpages and receiving EMAIL. VHOST includes
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the DBA, VPM and DNS memberships.
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VPM Virtual POP3 Mail. A membership that allows an ARPA member to
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manage mail files for his/her domain name or an SDF vanity URL.
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