Appendix A. Glossary
Common Solaris terminology is presented in this appendix. To obtain a global glossary on Solaris, go to http://docs.sun.com and search for “global glossary”. At this web site, the Sun Global Glossary Collection defines all terms related to Solaris.
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- active gateways
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These are gateways that take part in routing information exchange. Passive gateways don’t take part in routing information exchange.
- anycast address
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An IP address assigned to multiple interfaces on different hosts in IPv6.
- APNIC
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Asia Pacific Network Information Center. More information on APNIC is available at www.apnic.net
- ARIN
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American Registry for Internet Numbers. Find more information on ARIN at www.arn.net.
- ARP
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Address Resolution Protocol. ...
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