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1.1 Glossary

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This document uses the following terms:

client: A computer on which the remote procedure call (RPC) client is executing.

device control: Driver-specific operations that can be performed on various drivers. Each DeviceIOControl is associated with an operation code (called IoCode) and optionally input and output buffers. Device drivers depending on the IoCode take various actions on the input and output buffers

pseudo device: A virtual device object created by the server to represent a remote device attached to the remote (or client) machine. Applications and drivers on the server interact with this pseudo/virtual device and the server forwards requests to the remote device. Responses from the remote device are returned to the pseudo device, which then forwards them to the applications or drivers interacting with the device. Examples of pseudo devices include the pseudo port device, pseudo printer device, pseudo drive device, pseudo smartcard device, pseudo PnP device, and so on.

remote device: A device that is attached to a remote (or client) machine, in contrast to a device physically attached to a machine.

server: A computer on which the remote procedure call (RPC) server is executing.

terminal client: A client of a terminal server. A terminal client program that runs on the client machine.

terminal server: A computer on which terminal services is running.

MAY, SHOULD, MUST, SHOULD NOT, MUST NOT: These terms (in all caps) are used as defined in [RFC2119]. All statements of optional behavior use either MAY, SHOULD, or SHOULD NOT.