U
UDP | The User Datagram Protocol is a connectionless protocol |
| that resides above IP in the TCP/IP suite |
User Name | The USERNAME is the unique name assigned to each |
| person who has access to the LAN. |
Utility | It is a program that performs a specific task. |
UTP | Unshielded |
| all access methods. It consists of several pairs of wires |
| enclosed in an unshielded sheath. |
W
WAN | |
| groups of interconnected computers that are separated |
| by a wide distance and communicate with each other via |
| common carrier telecommunication techniques. |
WEP | WEP is widely used as the basic security protocol in Wi- |
| Fi networks, which secures data transmissions using 64- |
| bit or |
Windows | Windows is a graphical user interface for workstations |
| that use DOS. |
WPA | WPA |
| security of |
| standard. It uses its own encryption, Temporal Key |
| Integrity Protocol (TKIP), to secure data during |
| transmission. |
WPA2 | |
| that provides greater data protection and network access |
| control for |
| grade AES encryption algorithm and IEEE |
| authentication, which are required to secure large |
| corporate networks. |
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