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! STANDARD WIRED NETWORKING CONFIGURATION USING CABLES AND HUBS

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!METHOD PREVENTING USERS OUTSIDE THE NETWORK FROM ACCESSING ANDOR DAMAG ING FILES OR COMPUTERS ON THE NETWORK

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!CENTRAL DEVICE THAT MANAGES THE DATA TRAFFIC OF THE NETWORK AS WELL AS DATA TRAF FIC TO AND FROM THE )NTERNET

)0 )NTERNETN0ROTOCOL L!DDRESS

!SERIES OF FOUR NUMBERS SEPARATED BY PERIODS IDENTIFYING A UNIQUE )NTERNET COMPUTER HOST

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!N )0 ADDRESS FOR THE )NTERNET ROUTER 4HIS ADDRESS IS ONLY REQUIRED WHEN USING A CABLE OR $3, MODEM

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! BUSINESS THAT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS OR BUSINESSES TO CONNECT TO THE )NTERNET

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!GROUP OF COMPUTERS AND DEVICES CONNECTED TOGETHER IN A RELATIVELY SMALL AREA SUCH AS A HOUSE OR AN OFFICE  ! HOME NETWORK IS CONSIDERED A ,!.

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4HE UNIQUE HARDWARE ADDRESS OF A DEVICE CONNECTED TO A NETWORK

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!METHOD ALLOWING ALL OF THE COMPUTERS ON A HOME NETWORK TO USE ONE )0 ADDRESS ENABLING ACCESS TO THE )NTERNET FROM ANY COMPUTER ON THE HOME NET WORK WITHOUT HAVING TO PURCHASE MORE )0 ADDRESSES FROM THE )30

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