The glossary below contains many of the terms you will find in common use throughout the Symantec Security Response Web site. Please refer to this list.
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- package definition (.pkg) file
- package definition
- Package Delivery
- package deployment (.dpl) file
- package server
- package
- packaged size
- packet filtering
- packet sniffing
- packet
- page file
- paging
- paired list
- pane
- panel
- PAP (Password Authentication Protocol)
- parallel port
- parallel rerouting
- parameter
- paravirtualization
- parity bit
- parity checking
- parity stripe unit
- parity
- partitions
- partition
- passive installation
- passive node
- Passthrumode
- Passthru
- password-based attack
- password
- Patch Remediation Center
- patch
- path length
- pathgroup
- pathname
- path
- payload impact rating
- payload
- PC Cleaner
- PC Transplant Package Editor
- PC Transplant Web Store
- PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect)
- PDDO (PureDisk deduplication option)
- PDLinux (PureDisk Linux)
- peer-to-peer
- peername
- pending actions
- pending changes
- perimeter network
- perimeter-based security
- periodic backup
- peripheral device
- permissions
- persisted attribute
- persistence
- Persistent FastResync
- persistent frozen image (PFI)
- persistent reservations
- persistent state logging
- persistent
- personal security
- personality file
- PET (Platform Event Trap)
- petabyte
- PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)
- pharming
- phishing
- physical disk
- physical extent
- physical fabric
- physical volume
- PIN (personal identification number)
- ping (Packet Internet Groper)
- PKI (public key infrastructure)
- platform block
- plex
- point product container
- pointer feedback
- policy compliance technology
- policy configuration management
- policy escalation action
- policy group
- Policy Library
- policy management
- Policy Manager list
- policy mapping
- policy resources
- Policy Service
- policy state
- policy template
- policy
- polling interval
- polymorphic
- POP (Post Office Protocol)
- POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3)
- popup menu
- port bundle
- port scan
- port scanning
- port sweep
- portal page
- port
- Portscan checking
- Post Rule
- POST transaction
- potentially unwanted application
- power state
- Power User Mode
- PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
- PR (persistent reservations)
- Pre Rule
- preallocation
- predefined rules
- Predictive Learning
- Preferred Path
- preferred server configuration
- prefix
- Premium Policy Change
- PreOS
- prepare to discover
- prepare to restore
- preshared secret
- prevalence
- Primary checkpoint
- primary copy
- primary database server
- primary disk group
- primary disk
- primary fileset
- Primary migration
- primary model
- Primary node crash
- Primary node data volume failure
- primary node or preferred node
- Primary node SRL overflow
- Primary node
- primary partition
- primary path
- Primary pause
- Primary Replicated Volume Group
- primary server
- primary site
- Primary SRL failure
- Primary takeover
- primary window
- priority
- privacy
- private disk group
- private interconnect
- private key
- private network
- private NIC
- private region
- privileges
- Probe accounts
- probe account
- Probe Network Partners
- Probe Network
- Probe NetworkTM
- Process Manager
- product class container
- product configuration (.pcg) file
- product module (.pmi) file
- product template (.pdt) file
- production database
- production host
- production image
- Production Storage
- Production Volume
- Profile Serial Number
- Profile
- progress report
- project properties
- project tree structure
- project workspace
- Projection
- properties window
- properties
- protect drive
- protection domain
- protection method
- Protection Server
- protection service storage
- protection service
- protocol driver blocking
- protocol
- Provider (or plugin)
- Provider
- Providers
- provisioning
- proxy copy
- proxy restore
- proxy server
- proxy
- PSK (Pre-Shared Key)
- PST Migrator
- public key cryptography
- public key
- public network
- public NIC
- public region
- published
- Push Install
- PXE (Pre-boot eXecution Environment)
- PXE Boot (Pre-Boot Execution Environment)