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43 lines
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title: Definitions
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CSC
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- The University of Waterloo [Computer Science Club](/) whose office is located in room 3036/3037 of Mathematics and Computer Building (UW campus), telephone number (519) 888-4657 x3870.
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CSC Network
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- The network of computer hardware and peripherals owned by, rented to, on loan to, or otherwise under the control of the CSC.
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MFCF
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- The [Math Faculty Computing Facility](http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/mfcf/) at the University of Waterloo.
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Machine
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- Computer, terminal or other piece of hardware.
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- Non-CSC machines include MFCF's xterms and printers.
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Systems Committee
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- An appointed body responsible for the operation of the CSC network and the software that runs on it. A complete description is available in the [CSC Constitution](/about/constitution).
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Network Bandwidth
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- The percentage of bytes per unit of time that can be handled by the network(s) in question. These networks include the University of Waterloo on-campus network and the Internet.
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Computing Resources
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- Resources the CSC considers limited include
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- Public temporary disk space
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- Swap space
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- Other commonly held disk space (which may include the home file system)
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- inodes
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- Memory
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- CPU time
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- Processes
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- TTYs and pseudo-TTYs
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- Network bandwidth
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- Ports
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