- Industry: Software
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Red Hat is a provider of enterprise Linux and other open source software.
A fixed-route network protocol in which transmission packets have direct paths and destinations.
ATM is an alternative to TCP/IP, which tags each packet with destination information in the header and can be routed through arbitrary paths on a carrier network such as the Internet.
Industry:Software
A free software implementation of the server message block (SMB) network file sharing protocol.
Samba is usually implemented on networks that have a mixture of UNIX, Linux, and Windows computers and is designed for interoperable file sharing.
Industry:Software
A free software implementation of the X Window System (X); an interface that communicates between video cards, displays, and the graphical desktop; provides windowing infrastructure and an interface for programming graphical applications.
Industry:Software
A freely-distributable collection of tools and drivers that allow UNIX and UNIX-compatible operating systems to control printer devices, manage print queues, and process print requests.
Industry:Software
A graphical desktop environment for UNIX and Linux that is designed to provide an efficient and user-oriented environment.
Industry:Software
A legacy boot loader for the Linux operating system. LILO resides on the master boot record (MBR) of the bootable storage device and loads multiple operating systems.
Industry:Software
A means of transferring and obtaining files that are available for public download from FTP sites. The publicly available files are usually kept in a directory called /pub/. See File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
Industry:Software
A memory bank between the main memory and the CPU, which lets the computer read data and execute instructions faster.
Industry:Software
A network architecture that utilises radio frequency signals to transmit data via a coaxial cable.
Ethernet is most commonly used in local area networks to connect local machines together.
Industry:Software
A numeric address used by computer hosts to transmit and receive information over the Internet.
Industry:Software
