AIX			Advanced Interactive Executive. IBM's UNIX.


control+c <^c> 		A character sequence for aborting 
			from many applications in 
			UNIX.  Similar to control+break in 


control+d <^d>		A character sequence for politely 
			exiting from many applications in
			UNIX.

CPU			Central Processing Unit is the 
			calculating heart of the computer.

desktop machine 	Small but robust single-user and 
			single tasking computers.

DOS			An Operating System used by 
			desktop computers.

e-mail			Applications for sending electronic 
			postcards across networks.


Ethernet		A network standard for the hardware  and data
			link levels.  There are two types of 
			Ethernet: Digitial/Intel/Xerox (DIX) and 
			IEEE 802.3.

FINGER			A UNIX command for locating users on a
			system.

FTP 			File Transfer Protocol
			The Internet standard high-level 
			protocol for transferring files from one computer 
			to another.


GOPHER			An internet organizer developed at the University
			of Minn.

Gigabyte		One billion characters or bytes.  

IBM RISC 6000		IBM's UNIX workstations


image processing 	Applications related to the 
			manipulation of digital pictures.

Internet		The global collection of 
			interconnected local,
			mid-level and wide-area networks 
			which use IP the network layer protocol.

login			Procedures for signing onto a  
			computer.

logout			Procedures for signing off of a 
			computer.

mainframe		a large computer.

MAN			On-line UNIX documentation

MESG			A UNIX command for controlling 
			interruptions by TALK and WRITE commands.

SERVER			Software that allows a computer to 
			offer a service to another
			computer.  Other computers contact 
			the server program by
			means of matching client software.

TALK			A UNIX command for two party 
			conversations across the networks.


TELNET			The Internet standard protocol for 
			remote terminal connection service.  TELNET 
			allows a user at one site to interact with a remote 
			timesharing system at another site as if the userŐs 
			terminal was connected directly to the remote 
			computer.

SYSTEM 			The manager of a computer system.
ADMINISTRATOR

UNIX			An operating system developed by Bell 
			Laboratories that supports multiuser and
			multitasking operations.

WHOIS			An Internet program which allows users to
			query a database of people and other Internet
			entitites, such as domains, networks, and
			hosts, kept at the NIC.  The information
			for people shows a person's company name,
			address, phone number and email address.

Workstation		a multiuser and multitasking computer.			

WRITE			UNIX command for sending a short 
			message to another terminal.