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(TCP/IP) | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol is a widely used | WAN | |
| transport protocol that connects diverse computers of various |
| interconnected computers that are separated by a wide distance |
| transmission methods. It was developed y the Department of |
| and communicate with each other via common carrier |
| Defense to connect different computer types and led to the |
| telecommunication techniques. |
| development of the Internet. | Windows | Windows is a graphical user interface for workstations that use |
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A transceiver joins two network segments together. Transceivers |
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| segment that uses a different medium. On a | Workgroup | A workgroup is a group of users who are physically located |
| the transceiver connects the network adapter or other network | ||
| device to the medium. Transceivers also can be used on 10BASE- |
| together and connected to the same LAN, or a group of users who |
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| are scattered throughout an organization but are logically |
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| connected by work and are connected to the same network group. |
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| Workstations | Workstation refers to the intelligent computer on the user’s |
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UDP | The User Datagram Protocol is a connectionless protocol that |
| desktop. This computer may be an |
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| resides above IP in the TCP/IP suite |
| device a user works from. |
ULP | The |
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| such as FTP,SNMP, and SMTP. |
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User Name | The USERNAME is the unique name assigned to each person |
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| who has access to the LAN. |
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Utility | It is a program that performs a specific task. |
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UTP | Unshielded |
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| methods. It consists of several pairs of wires enclosed in an |
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