Key Terms

Review the following list of key terms:

  • File service— A service that fulfills network requests to write or read files to or from storage.

  • Name resolution service A service that maps user-friendly names with network addresses.

  • Print service— A service that fulfills network requests to print documents.

  • Redirector A service that checks local resource requests and forwards them to the network if necessary.

  • Sockets— A network API originally developed for BSD Unix that provides applications with access to TCP/IP.

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