Glossary of UW NetID Resources

Canvas and Panopto Access
Canvas and Panopto use UW NetID affiliations to manage access to UW data stored on the platform. Three subscriptions that support the canvas access policy.

• Student access to Canvas and Panopto - Students retain access to Canvas and Panopto for 5 years after last registered class
• Affiliate access to Canvas and Panopto - Employees of the University and affiliated organizations retain access to Canvas and Panopto for 1 month after separation.
• Sponsored access to Canvas and Panopto - Individuals not employed by the UW can be provisioned access using the provision.uw.edu web page.

Central File Storage (UDrive)
The U Drive provides Faculty, Staff and Students a scalable file storage location that is accessible from anywhere on the Seattle, Tacoma and Bothell campuses, including the campus WiFi network.

Computer labs (General access)
Computer labs for UW students, faculty, staff, and UW Medical Centers personnel. Located in the Odegaard Undergraduate Library and Mary Gates Hall. Services include Internet access, access to Uniform Access computers , desktop software applications (varies by lab), and printing.

Dante
A retired Uniform Access computer for UW students (address: dante.u.washington.edu). that was used to upload or download files or use Alpine to access the UW Deskmail Email Accont.

Duo Two-Factor Authentication
Duo Two-Factor Authentication, or 2FA, adds a layer of security when you sign in with your UW NetID. With 2FA, first you enter your password, then use a 2FA device to prove it's really you. See IT Connect for more information about setting up and using Duo Two-Factor Authentication.

Educational Outreach
Webmasters for Education Outreach web servers are given this subscription.

Eduroam and Radius Access
The UW has partnered with eduroam to provide access to wireless networks at academic institutions across the globe. More information is available for eduroam on IT Connect.

Electronic class lists
An instructor class list available in several formats, including text files, Web pages, and email lists. Accessible to instructors from MyUW. (Select the Teaching tab and click MyUWClass.)

Employee Identification (EID)
Your UW personal identification number found on your paycheck stub. The use of the EID replaced the use of Social Security Numbers (SSN) and other Employee Identification Numbers (EIN) used by the IRS at the beginning of 2002 to ensure better privacy.

Forwarding Email Address
Your forwarding email address is kept with your UW NetID record so that we can contact you in the future concerning service changes. Should you be eligible for email as part of your affiliation with the University of Washington (UW), this will also be your email address. The UW email systems allow you to forward your email to another email service provider (e.g., Google Mail, Microsoft Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.). This forwarding email address will allow your colleagues to send an email to your UW email address and it will be forwarded to your email service provider.

Gigabyte (GB)
A standard measure of size for computer data. One Gigabyte is sometimes defined as one billion bytes, and other times as 1,024 megabytes (MB).

Some examples:

The size of a file depends on what it contains, how much it contains, and the format in which the data is stored.

Fastrans Server
The Fastrans application server.

Gigabit per second (Gbs)
A standard measure of size for computer data bandwidth. One gigabit per second is up to one billion bits per second or around 100 million characters per second.

Gutenberg
Computer for doing work related to web publishing on the www.washington.edu cluster.

Homer
Uniform Access computer for work-related use by UW faculty and staff (address: homer.u.washington.edu). Use your Homer account to upload or download files or use Alpine to access your UW Deskmail Email Inbox. Use your UW NetID and password to log in to Homer.

Husky OnNet
A centrally-managed VPN service for campus users to access the UW network while in remote locations. Eligible users can download the software from UW Information Technology and sign in with their UW NetID for access.

Hyak Server
Hyak is a large, centrally managed, scalable, high performance compute cluster, supporting a broad range of computational science activities, including classic HPC simulations and data intensive computing. With Lolo, it is a key component in the UW research cyberinfrastructure.

ImpactSurvey
A cluster hosting survey apparatus for the iSchool.

Instructor class lists
Class rosters for instructors available either as listprocs or electronic class lists.

Kilobyte (KB, or K)
A standard measure of size for computer data. One Kilobyte is 1,024 bytes. There are 1,024 Kilobytes in one Megabyte (MB).

Some examples:

1 KB:	A very short story
2 KB:	The UW Logo as used on the UW internal home page
10 KB:	An encyclopedic page
100 KB:	A very low resolution photograph

The size of a file depends on what it contains, how much it contains, and the format in which the data is stored.

Learning Management System
A learning management system (commonly abbreviated as LMS) is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, and reporting of training programs, classroom and online events, e-learning programs, and training content.

Lolo Server
Lolo is a set of scalable storage services for researchers, including easy to use tape-based archives and a disk based, CIFS accessible collaboration space. Lolo is equipped with 10 Gbs connections to campus, the research Internet, and Hyak. With Hyak, it is a key component in the UW research cyberinfrastructure.

Mailman
A Web-based mail list manager where owners can create lists for group discussions or to disseminate information.

Mailman List
An email distribution list that can be used for group discussions or to disseminate information.

Managed Workstation File Service (I:\groups)
A shared file storage solution for Managed Workstation customers

Managed Workstation Home Directory (H:\)
An individual file storage solution for Managed Workstation customers

Math Web
Web server and SMB file server for the Math Department. Contact help@math.washington.edu for help. Use your UW NetID and password to log in to Math Web.

Mead
Uniform Access computer for work-related use by UW students, faculty and staff within the Business Administration department. (address: mead.u.washington.edu). A Mead account is useful for research and computationally intensive tasks, such as generating statistics on large data sets. Use your UW NetID and password to log in to Mead.

Megabyte (MB)
A standard measure of size for computer data. One Megabyte is sometimes defined as one million bytes, and other times as 1,024 kilobytes (KB) which is 1,048,576 bytes.

Some examples:

The size of a file depends on what it contains, how much it contains, and the format in which the data is stored.

MyPlan
MyPlan is software to make it easier for students to chart and direct their academic progress.

Newsgroup
An electronic bulletin board for group discussion.

Office 365
The Office 365 subscription provides access to Microsoft's Office applications plus other productivity services including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, and Access.

Private Access Code (PAC)
A piece of identification you use to verify who you are when creating a UW NetID or resetting a forgotten password.

• Student PAC is the number given to a student upon applying to the UW. It is used for personal identification when you set up a new UW NetID, change a UW NetID password, or inquire about your student personal information.
• Employee PAC or Temporary Codeis a string given to new employees starting in 2001 who set up Early Email. You use it once as personal identification verifying who you are when creating a UW NetID or resetting a forgotten UW NetID password. If you need a PAC for resetting a forgotten UW NetID password (whether you're a new or long time employee), contact your department's payroll office. The PAC issued to you expires after one use.

SAFS Servers
Standard managed servers run on behalf of the UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences.

SeaGrant Servers
Standard managed servers run on behalf of Washington SeaGrant.

Secure File Transfer (sftp)
A secure file transfer program (also called "SSH file transfer" or "sftp") allows you to transfer files between your computer and UW central storage systems. When you run sftp, your UW NetID login and password are encrypted for security purposes. Instructions on using sftp programs supported by the UW are available in the Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Out of Trouble.

SMTP server
An "outgoing" email server, meaning that it sends your outgoing messages to the appropriate recipients. If the UW is your Internet Service Provider (ISP), the address of your SMTP server is smtp.washington.edu

Sponsored account
An account for someone who is working with a UW department and is not eligible to get his or her own account. See also "Sponsored UW NetID."

Sponsored UW NetID
A UW NetID for someone who is working with a UW department and is not eligible to get his or her own UW NetID. Faculty and staff can sponsor such individuals via the Sponsor tool.

Supplemental account
An account for research, course work, projects, departments, or organizations. See also "Supplemental UW NetID and services."

Supplemental UW NetID and services
A UW NetID and/or UW NetID services for research, course work, projects, departments, or organizations. Can include a UW NetID, UW Deskmail Email Account, and a Web publishing directory on a UW Web computer (Courses, Depts).

Uniform Access computers
Computers for use by the UW community (see list below). Each computer is intended for specific group(s) and purposes. See also the glossary definitions for the individual computers.

• Vergil - for UW students (Web development)
• Homer - for UW faculty and staff (email and Web development)

UW Email address
Your UW Email address is your_uwnetid@u.washington.edu and your_uwnetid@uw.edu.

UW Google Workspace
UW Google Workspace (nee 'UW Google', nee 'UW Google Apps') provides a UW gateway to Google's online services, allowing you to take advantage of Google's email, productivity, and collaboration tools while maintaining your @u.washington.edu and @uw.edu email name.

UW NetID
A personal network identification used as the first part of your UW Email address (your_uwnetid@u.washington.edu and your_uwnetid@uw.edu). It also gives you access to your UW personal information, UW Email and other UW NetID services such as accounts on Uniform Access computers (Vergil, Homer, etc.). You get only one UW NetID and it is active whenever you are associated with the UW.

Vergil
A Uniform Access computer for UW students that supports student web publishing. Use your UW NetID and password to log in to Vergil and publish student web pages.

Web publishing
A UW NetID service that allows you to publish your Web pages on UW Web servers for others to access via the World Wide Web.

• Student Web publishing allows UW students to put their Web pages on the Students Web server.
• Faculty/Staff Web publishing allows UW faculty, staff, and Medical Centers personnel to put their work-related Web pages on the UW Faculty or Staff Web servers.
• UW Courses and Depts Web publishing allows a user with a supplemental or sponsored UW NetID and account on a Uniform Access computer to publish Web pages on the UW Courses and Depts Web servers.

WordPress Blogs Network
An option of the Web publishing service that provides centrally managed and UW branded blogs for UW Faculty and Staff. This is an easy way to set up a WordPress blog on the UW Web publishing servers.