Glossary

Host Machine (aka. Software Distribution Host)

The workstation containing the Web Software Distribution Pages and the Software Distribution Directories.

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LAN

A local area network.

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Software Distribution Directory

A Software Distribution Directory is a directory that contains one or more software products that can be installed using Inst(1M) or SoftwareManager(1M).

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Software Product

A Software Product is a unit of software that can be installed on a system and consists of several data files. For example, a product named prod will have the following files:

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Web Software Distribution Page

A Web Software Distribution is an HTML document from which users can choose and install software products. It presents a list of toggle buttons, each corresponding to a product in the inst distribution directory. The user can check products in this list and initiate a network installation of the software in the distribution.

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