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Schema Wizard

Interactive tool in dbWeb Administrator that leads a user through creation of HTML pages or through implementing an ISAPI application.

schemas

Schemas control how and what information from a private database is available to visitors who use the Internet to access the public Microsoft dbWeb gateway to the private database. See also dbWeb administrator.

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

A protocol that supplies secure data communication through data encryption and decryption. SSL enables communications privacy over networks by using a combination of public key cryptography and bulk data encryption.

Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP)

An older industry standard that is part of Windows NT Remote Access Service to ensure interoperability with third-party remote access software.

service pack

An update to the Windows NT operating system.

shared directory

A directory that network users can connect to.

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

A protocol used on TCP/IP networks to exchange mail on the Internet between SMTP servers.

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

A protocol for monitoring your network. The protocol is used by SNMP consoles and agents to communicate. In Windows NT, the SNMP service is used to get and set status information about a host on a TCP/IP network. See also Management Information Databases.

SLIP

See Serial Line Internet Protocol.

SMTP

See Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.

sniffer

A network device that monitors packets sent over a network.

SNMP

See Simple Network Management Protocol.

socket

A bidirectional pipe for incoming and outgoing data between networked computers. Defined in the University of California at Berkeley Sockets API. See also Windows Sockets.

SQL

See structured query language.

SQL Server

A server typically running on a personal computer that uses the structured query language to query, update, and manage a relational database.

SSL

See Secure Sockets Layer.

static mapping

A method provided on a WINS server to assign a static (unchanging) IP address to a client.

static routing

Static routing limits you to fixed routing tables, as opposed to dynamically updating the routing tables.

structured query language (SQL)

A database query and programming language originally developed by IBM for mainframe computers. It is widely used for accessing data in, querying, updating, and managing relational database systems. See also SQL Server.

subnet mask

A TCP/IP configuration parameter that extracts network and host configuration from an IP address. This 32-bit value enables the recipient of IP packets to distinguish the network ID portion of the IP address from the host ID.

Systems Management Server

A Windows NT Server network server application that remotely manages the personal computers on a network. Systems Management Server detects computers on the network, inventories software and hardware configurations, and installs desktop applications from a central location.