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a file on the Web or any other Internet facility. URLs are typed into the |
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browser to access Web pages, and URLs are embedded within the pages |
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themselves to provide the hypertext links to other pages. |
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User Datagram Protocol (UDP) - A connectionless |
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belonging to the Internet protocol family. |
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UTP - Unshielded twisted pair is the most common kind of copper |
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telephone wiring. Twisted pair is the ordinary copper wire that connects |
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home and many business computers to the telephone company. To |
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reduce crosstalk or electromagnetic induction between pairs of wires, |
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two insulated copper wires are twisted around each other. Each signal on |
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twisted pair requires both wires. Since some telephone sets or desktop |
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locations require multiple connections, twisted pair is sometimes installed |
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in two or more pairs, all within a single cable. |
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VLAN (Virtual LAN) - A logical association that allows users to communicate |
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as if they were physically connected to a single LAN, independent of the |
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actual physical configuration of the network. |
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Virtual LAN - Membership to a Virtual LAN is defined administratively | 98 |
independent of the physical network topology. A virtual LAN segment is a |
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unique broadcast domain. |
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Virtual Server - Multiple servers that appear as one server, or one system image, to the operating system or for network administration.
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - A data privacy mechanism based on a
Wide Area Network (WAN) - A network that encompasses interconnectivity between devices over a wide geographic area. Such networks require public
WINIPCFG - Configuration utility based on the Win32 API for querying, defining, and managing IP addresses within a network. A commonly used utility for configuring networks with static IP addresses.
Workgroup - A group of workstations and servers that commonly exchange data. This term is also used to describe a group of people who work together.