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,

DN—Distinguished Name,

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.