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| Distributed File System (DFS) |
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| A Windows Server 2008 File Services role service that includes two technologies: DFS Namespaces and DFS Replication. These technologies enable administrators to create virtual directories for shared network files and automatically copy files and folders between duplicate virtual directories |
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| File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) |
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| A Microsoft Management Console snap-in containing tools that enable file server administrators to monitor and regulate their server storage. |
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| In the Distributed File System, a replication scheme in which every member in a group replicates with every other member. |
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| In File Server Resource Manager, a limitation on user storage space that prohibits users from consuming any disk space beyond the allotted amount. |
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| In the Distributed File System, a replication scheme in which replication traffic is limited to specific pairs of members. |
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| In the Distributed File System, a virtual directory tree that contains references to shared folders located on the network file servers. |
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| The software interface through which a computer communicates with a print device. Windows Vista supports numerous interfaces, including parallel (LPT), serial (COM), USB, IEEE 1394, Infrared Data Access (IrDA), and Bluetooth ports. It also supports network printing services such as Ipr, Internet Printing Protocol (IPP), and standard TCP/IP ports. |
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| printer control language (PCL) |
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| A language understood by the printer. Each printer is associated with a printer driver that converts the commands generated by an application into the printer's PCL. |
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A device driver that converts the print jobs generated by applications into an appropriate string of commands for a specific print device.
Printer drivers are designed for specific print devices and provide applications that access all of the print device's features. |
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| The hardware that produces hard copy documents on paper or older print media. Windows Vista supports local print devices - which are directly attached to the computer's parallel, serial, Universal Serial Bus(USB), or IEEE 1394 (FireWire) Ports- and network interface print devices, which are connected to the network directly or through another computer. |
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| A computer or standalone device that receives print jobs from clients and sends them to print devices that are attached locally or connected to the network. |
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| Remote Differential Compression (RDC) |
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| In Distributed File System, a protocol that conserves network bandwidth by detecting changes in files and transmitting only the modified data to the destination. This conserves bandwidth and greatly reduces the time needed for the replication process. |
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| In Distributed File System, a collection of servers, known as members, each of which contains a target for a particular DFS folder. |
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| In File Server Resource Manager, a limitation on user storage space that allows the use of storage space beyond the allotted amount and sends an email notification to the user and/ or administrator. |
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| A service running on a print server that temporarily stores print jobs until the print device can process them |
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| In Distributed File System, a physical folder on a shared server drive that is represented by a virtual directory in a DFS namespace. |
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