Light Emitting Diode (LED)
Kilobits per second (Kbps)
Kilobytes (KB)
Megabits per second (Mbps)
Megabits/Megabytes
Modem
Network Address Translation (NAT)
Network Mask
Network Interface Card (NIC)
An electric component that emits light (turns ON) when current flows through it.
A measure of data transfer speed.
1,024 bytes.
A measure of data transfer speed.
One million bits/bytes.
A device that allows a computer to transmit data to other computers via telephone lines.
Network Address Translation — An Internet standard that enables a
See Subnet Mask.
A card that is installed in a computer so that it can be connected to a network. The NIC manages the flow of network information to and from the computer.