Glossary of Terms
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Glossary of Files and Terms
CapiServ.dll - A library of support routines for communication with external applications
CasMonitor.exe - Provides a mechanism to configure the "CometAsService" service startup parameters. It also monitors the state of the service and allows the user to start and/or stop the service.
CAUPD.exe - A self-extracting zip file containing CosUpd.exe, CosW.exe, CosP.exe, DIBAPI32.dll, and Update.dat to update software used by Comet Anywhere clients. This has been replaced by CAUpdate.exe beginning with Comet 2005.
CAUpdate.exe - A self-extracting zip file containing Comet.exe, CosW.exe, CosP.exe, CometLib.dll, and DIBAPI32.dll to update software used by Comet Anywhere clients. This has been replaced by the recommendation to run a full Comet install for your CometAnywhere clients.
CbSetup.exe - An installation program for the drivers required to locate your USB dongle. You need not run this program directly. It will be run automatically for you by CometServerProducts.exe.
CbUSB.exe - A diagnostic utility to test for the presence and validity of your USB dongle
CFAM.exe - The module which handles communications between your Comet application and its file server, whether local or remote
CFAMNetServe.exe - The Comet client/server communication manager. It provides remote connectivity to CFileSrv for CFAM clients.
CFileSrv.exe - The Comet file server for Windows operating systems
CLibNetServe.exe - Provides remote access for CometLib at the Comet Anywhere host computer.
CNS - see CFAMNetServe.exe
COM product - A COM-compliant DLL available to Comet applications allowing them to access Comet files from programs written in languages other than Internet Basic, such as Visual Basic, VBScript, JScript, and C++.
Comet.exe - The program used to startup Comet and insure that the user is running the most up to date version of Comet available on the network
CometKMD.sys - The driver used to communicate with your parallel security dongle
CometNTService.exe - The program which performs the (un)installation and execution of the Comet file server programs as services.
CometLib.dll - The library of Comet file system functions available to COM-compliant programming languages.
CometPV.dll - The library of functions required for use with the Comet OleDbLite product.
CometServerProducts.exe - The program used to install a Comet file and/or security server with all required files and libraries.
CometSrv.NLM - The Comet file server for NetWare operating systems.
CometWorkstation.exe - The program used to install a Comet workstation with all required files and libraries.
Cos32.exe - The Comet32 runtime kernel
CosC.exe - The Comet sessions manager
CosD.exe - The Comet debugger for Internet Basic programs
CosH.exe - The Comet runtime kernel
CosHdll.dll - OBSOLETE: a test version of the Comet32 runtime kernel
CosHipc.dll - A library of supporting routines used by CosH.exe
CosM32.exe - The Comet32 Internet Basic compiler
CosP.exe - The Comet printer driver for Windows printers
CosW.exe - The Comet session; the window in which Comet runs
Crt.ddl - The definition of mnemonic extensions to the Internet Basic language for use with terminal I/O
Crt32.ddl - The definition of mnemonic extensions to the Internet Basic language for Comet32 terminal I/O
CSAdmin.exe - A program used to install the security dongle drivers and setup the server executables to run as a service. This program was replaced by CometServerProducts.exe beginning in Comet 2004 and by ServerInstall.exe for older systems.
CSecSrv.exe - The Comet Security Server for Windows operating systems
DDL - An abbreviation for data definition language, a database language that describes its data structures
DLL - An abbreviation for dynamic link library, a file containing a collection of executable routines designed to perform specific functions
DIBAPI32.dll - A 32-bit device-independent bitmap (DIB) library used by CosW.exe and CosP.exe for rendering bitmap objects
FaxDriver.exe - The Comet fax driver
InstallHelper.dll - A component of InstallShield™ used in the installation of Comet software products.
ODBC - An abbreviation for Open DataBase Connectivity - A Microsoft standard for accessing different database systems.
ODBCd.dll - A library of functions used by the COMET ODBC facility
ODBCDrv.exe - A library of functions used by the COMET ODBC facility
OleDbLite - The Comet product allowing use of Crystal Reports™ to access to your Comet data
ServerInstall.exe - A program used to install the security dongle drivers and setup the server executables to run as a service. This program was replaced by CometServerProducts.exe beginning in Comet 2004.
System.ddl - The definition of mnemonic extensions to the Internet Basic language for use with the kernel
System32.ddl - The definition of mnemonic extensions to the Internet Basic language for use with the Comet32 kernel
UniDrv.dll - A universal driver used by the Comet fax application
WinPrint.ddl - The definition of mnemonic extensions to the Internet Basic language for use with printer output.
WPrint32.ddl - The definition of mnemonic extensions to the Internet Basic language for use with Comet32 printer output.
Ws32.ddl - The definition of mnemonic extensions to the Internet Basic language for use with Comet32 WinSock applications.
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