| anonymous FTP-Server | See FTP. |
| API | Application Programming Interface. A documented programming interface of functions and services with libraries provided. |
| Client | A program that runs locally on the computer and retrieves information from a server program. |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions. |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol. Allows the exchange of files between two computers. An anonymous FTP- server is a publicly accessible ftp-server with >>anonymous<< login. The password should be the owner's email address. |
| ISO | International Standard Organization. |
| NFS | Network File System. Developed by Sun to allow computers to access files over a network as if they were on local disks; now public domain, a de facto standard. |
| LUN | Logical Unit Number. A subunit of one SCSI ID. One SCSI ID can have 8 LUNs. |
| Robot | A mechanism to move CDs into the drives of a jukebox. |
| Rock Ridge | ISO 9660 compliant extensions to add UNIX file names to the ISO 9660 format. These extensions also contain owner and permission. |
| SCSI | Small Computer Systems Interface. |