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~~"~'- _v.~.--._- Section 14100 Standards for Local Public Library Internet Access Section 1.100 Standards for Local Public Library Internet Access (a) Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this undesignated head shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) Administrative staff - Library staff whose responsibilities include management or supervision. (2) Bandwidth - The amount of data that can be sent through a given communications circuit per second, generally expressed as kilobits per second (Kbps). (3) Client - A computer system or process that requests a service of another computer system or process (a "server") according to a specified protocol. (4) Dedicated connection - A permanent, as opposed to dialup, connection between machines established over a telephone line, including permanent virtual circuits. (5) Dialup connection - A temporary, as opposed to dedicated, connection between machines established over a telephone line using modems. (6) Distributed system - A collection of computers whose distribution is transparent to the user so that the system appears as one local machine, and which usually uses a client-server organization. (7) Domain Name Server or Domain Name System (DNS) - A general-purpose 'distributed, replicated, data query service used on the Internet for translating host names into Internet addresses, as specified in RFC-I034 and 1035 (DONlAIN, Domain Name System) and RFC-974 (DNS-NDC, Mail Routing and the Domain System) or their current successor documents. (8) Domain name - The common suffix in a Fully Qualified Domain Name that a group of computers share. (9) File Transfer Protocol (FTP) - A protocol for transferring files from one computer to another over the Internet, as specified in RFC-959 or its current successor document. (10) Format of Electronic Mail Messages (MAIL) - A format for transferring electronic mail messages from one computer to another over the Internet, as specified in RFC-822 or its current successor document. (11) Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) - The full name of a computer system, consisting of its local host name and its domain name. (12) Gopher - A distributed document retrieval system that started at the University of Nfinnesota, as defined in RFC-1432 or its most current successor document. (13) Graphical User Interface (GUI) - The use of pictures rather than words to represent the input and output of a computer program. 12 ot" 16 09049709:53:06