Conventions and Abbreviations

Conventions

The following symbols and text conventions are used in this guide:

Convention

Comment

info

An important note or instruction.

warning

A warning about possible errors or important notes that require special attention.

Anti-virus network

A new term or an emphasis on a term in descriptions.

<IP-address>

Placeholders.

Save

Names of buttons, windows, menu items and other program interface elements.

ctrl

Names of keyboard keys.

C:\Windows\

Names of files and folders, code examples.

Cross-references to document chapters or internal hyperlinks to webpages.

Abbreviations

The following abbreviations can be used in the manual without further interpretation:

ACL—Access Control List,

CDN—Content Delivery Network,

DB, DBMS—Database, Database Management System,

DFS—Distributed File System,

DNS—Domain Name System,

Dr.Web GUS—Dr.Web Global Update System,

FQDN—Fully Qualified Domain Name,

GUI—Graphical User Interface, a GUI version of a program—a version using a GUI,

LAN—Local Area Network,

MIB—Management Information Base,

MTU—Maximum Transmission Unit,

NAP—Network Access Protection,

OS—Operating System,

TTL—Time To Live,

UDS—UNIX Domain Socket.