Section 26: Glossary AXIS 5470e User’s Manual254Section 26 GlossaryActive Directory Active Directory - a structure supported by Windows 2000 that letsany object on a network be tracked and located. Active Directory isthe directory service used in Windows 2000 Server and provides thefoundation for Windows 2000 distributed networks.3270DS 3270 Data Stream is a control language used for the 3270 family ofterminals and controllers. Also used for printing.AIX Advanced Interactive eXecutive. A version of the UNIX operatingsystem from IBM that runs on various IBM computers includingMainframe systems.APPC Advanced Program-to-Program Communication. SNA facility (basedon LU6.2 and PU2.1) for general purpose inter-programcommunications. Often used synonymously with LU6.2 but LU6.2 isthe architecture and APPC is the programming interface.ARP Address Resolution Protocol. A protocol within the TCP/IP suite ofnetwork protocols that allows a host to find the physical address of anode on the same network. It is available in UNIX, Windows 95,Windows 98 and Windows NT. ARP cannot be used across routers.ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a plain textformat used by computers.BOOTP BOOT Protocol. A TCP/IP protocol, used for downloading start-upinformation such as the IP address to hosts on the network. It is onlyavailable in UNIX. BOOTP requires a BOOTP daemon on your system. Arequest made to an active BOOTP daemon initiates a search of theBoot Table for an entry matching the print server's Ethernet address.If a matching entry is found, the daemon downloads the IP address tothe print server.
