====== Glossary ======

^ Term ^ Meaning ^
| **AKA** | "Also known as". One of the FidoNet addresses of your board. You can have several. See [[v4:mail:aka_domains|AKA domains]]. |
| **BinkP** | The TCP protocol that FidoNet systems use to exchange mail and files. |
| **Door** | A program a caller runs from the BBS, usually a game. See [[v4:doors:overview|Doors]]. |
| **Echo** | A message area or a file area shared between many boards. |
| **EMSI** | An older mail-session protocol, still understood by PBMailer. |
| **FidoNet** | A network of hobby BBSes that pass mail and files along. |
| **Hudson, JAM, Squish** | Three formats for message bases. v4 reads and writes all three. |
| **Level** | A number that decides what a user may do. |
| **Login Guard** | The part of PBDispatch that counts failed logins and bans addresses. See [[v4:connect:login_guard|Login Guard]]. |
| **Node** | One caller's session, one ''ProBoard.exe''. The board runs as many nodes as you set. |
| **P3X** | The extension of a v4 plug-in. See [[v4:sdk:overview|Plug-ins and the SDK]]. |
| **PEX** | The old 16-bit plug-in format. Not used in v4. |
| **PBLink** | ProBoard's own QWK network. See [[v4:mail:pblink|PBLink]]. |
| **QWK** | A packet format for offline mail. |
| **Tosser / scanner** | The program that files arrived mail into message bases (toss) and packs new mail for your links (scan). That is PBToss. |
| **TIC** | The small description file that comes with a file in a file echo. |
| **Uplink / link** | A system you exchange mail with. |