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8. Glossary access level Also known as permission level, the amount of access any person has to the BlackArmor® server. BlackArmor Manager has two permission levels: administrator and user. administrator A BlackArmor administrator is responsible for the BlackArmor server and all its settings. An administrator can set up or delete user accounts, group accounts, and shares; assign or remove access permissions; modify any setting on the server; and create other administrators. See also user. archive backup See RSA key. CIFS Common Internet File System. A file system that lets people with different computers running Windows operating systems share files without having to install special software. domain A group of computers administered as a single unit from a central location. event A problem or change in setting on the BlackArmor server. A change in the server's name or the failure of a disk drive are both server events. external USB hard drive See USB drive. firmware Software that's built into hardware. format To format a disk drive is to prepare it for reading and writing data. Formatting erases background information from a disk drive, tests it, and prepares it for use. Formatting may destroy existing files on a disk drive. You must format a disk drive before you can use it. FTP File Transfer Protocol. A format for exchanging files over the Internet. FTP is commonly used to upload files to or download files from a server over the Internet. BlackArmor® NAS 220 User Guide (Version 2) 57

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BlackArmor® NAS 220 User Guide (Version 2)
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8.
Glossary
access level
Also known as permission level, the amount of access any person has to the BlackArmor®
server. BlackArmor Manager has two permission levels:
administrator
and
user
.
administrator
A BlackArmor administrator is responsible for the BlackArmor server and all its settings. An
administrator can set up or delete user accounts, group accounts, and shares; assign or
remove access permissions; modify any setting on the server; and create other
administrators. See also user.
archive backup
See RSA key.
CIFS
Common Internet File System. A file system that lets people with different computers running
Windows operating systems share files without having to install special software.
domain
A group of computers administered as a single unit from a central location.
event
A problem or change in setting on the BlackArmor server. A change in the server’s name or
the failure of a disk drive are both server events.
external USB hard drive
See USB drive.
firmware
Software that’s built into hardware.
format
To format a disk drive is to prepare it for reading and writing data. Formatting erases
background information from a disk drive, tests it, and prepares it for use. Formatting may
destroy existing files on a disk drive. You must format a disk drive before you can use it.
FTP
File Transfer Protocol. A format for exchanging files over the Internet. FTP is commonly used
to upload files to or download files from a server over the Internet.