.NET
The .NET Framework is a development and execution environment that allows
different programming languages and libraries to work together seamlessly
to create applications. Similarily to Java, programs are not compiled
to native code, but rather into MSIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language).
Find out more about .NET here.
DCOM
Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) allows applications the communication
between COM components such as ActiveX controls, scripts, and Java applets
residing on different machines in a LAN, a WAN, or on the Internet. Read
more about this topic here.
GUI
A Graphical User Interface provides the user with a user interface that
is directly manipulabe using a mouse or keyboard, as opposed to Command
Line Interfaces, which are text-based.
MBSA
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA)
checks for operating system and SQL Server updates. MBSA also scans a computer
for insecure configurations and gives advice for best practices on how
to resolve common configuration mistakes. More...
MDAC
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) allow applications to access databases
in a various environments like LAN, a WAN, or on the Internet. Information
about MDAC can be found at Microsoft.
SQL Server
SQL Server is a multiuser relatational database management system. It provides
multiuser access and transaction isolation based on predicative locks.
UTC
The Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) is an atomic realization of Universal
Time (UT) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), the astronomical basis for civil
time. Time zones around the world are expressed as positive and negative
offsets from UT. UTC in NetInventory is always in the format yyyyMMddTHHmmss.ffffff-zzz
where the symbols mean:
Symbol
Description
yyyy
Year
mm
Month
dd
Day
T
Delimiter
hh
Hour
mm
Minute
ss
Second
fffffff
Floating Point/Seconds
zzz
Timezone
WMI
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is the Microsoft implementation
of the WBEM standard, which was developed for administration and remote
control of computer systems by the DTMF.
NetInventory uses the Common Information Model (CIM) to gather most of
the information from the machines. Find out more about WMI at the official
page.
WSUS
Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) allows Administrators to
deploy updates for Windows machines through a internal server. Opposed
to commercial products, Microsoft distributes it as freeware. Vist the official
page for details.
XML
The eXtendable Markup Language has been developed by the World
Wide Web Consortium and is used in NetInventory for data storage and
exchange.