Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit eBook

1136 Glossary
extranet An external website for an organization; usually secured so that only authorized
users can access it.
file allocation table (FAT) A common format for file cataloging used by MS-DOS and Microsoft
Windows operating systems to manage files on a hard disk; a physical method of
storing and accessing files from a hard disk. The FAT contains a list of all files on the
physical or logical drive.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) A protocol that is used to copy files to or from a Web server.
firewall A security system that uses a proxy server outside of an organization’s network to
protect the network against external threats, such as malicious users or corrupt files.
FrontPage Server Extensions A set of programs and scripts that support authoring in Microsoft
Office FrontPage and that extend the functionality of a Web server.
full-text index A resource that is compiled to enable full-text search of documents, document
properties, and content that are stored outside the document library but are made available
through content sources.
gallery A collection of Web Parts, list templates, or site templates.
Highlight A listing or document selected as the best recommendation for a specific portal area.
home page The main page of a website. A home page usually has links to other pages, both
inside and outside the site.
hyperlink A colored and underlined block of text or a graphic that a user clicks to go to a file,
a location in a file, an HTML page on the World Wide Web, or an HTML page on an
intranet. Hyperlinks can also go to newsgroups and to Gopher, Telnet, and FTP sites.
IFilter A component that can interpret a file format, such as the Microsoft Word document format,
for the purpose of crawling the text content of files for inclusion in the full-text
index.
index propagation The process of distributing an index from a content index server to one or
more Web servers for the purposes of providing search.
Integrated Windows authentication An authentication method that encrypts user names and
passwords in a multiple-transaction interaction between client and server. Also known
as Windows NT Challenge/Response authentication.
Internet The worldwide collection of networks and gateways that use the TCP/IP suite of
protocols to communicate with one another. If you have access to the Internet, you can
retrieve information from millions of sources, including schools, governments, businesses,
and individuals.
Internet Information Services (IIS) Software services from Microsoft that support website creation,
configuration, management, and other Internet functions. Internet Information
Services include Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP), File Transfer Protocol (FTP),
and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).