Appendix B: Glossary

 

 

 

a file on the Web or any other Internet facility. URLs are typed into the

 

browser to access Web pages, and URLs are embedded within the pages

 

themselves to provide the hypertext links to other pages.

 

User Datagram Protocol (UDP) - A connectionless transport-layer protocol

 

belonging to the Internet protocol family.

 

UTP - Unshielded twisted pair is the most common kind of copper

 

telephone wiring. Twisted pair is the ordinary copper wire that connects

 

home and many business computers to the telephone company. To

 

reduce crosstalk or electromagnetic induction between pairs of wires,

 

two insulated copper wires are twisted around each other. Each signal on

 

twisted pair requires both wires. Since some telephone sets or desktop

 

locations require multiple connections, twisted pair is sometimes installed

 

in two or more pairs, all within a single cable.

 

VLAN (Virtual LAN) - A logical association that allows users to communicate

 

as if they were physically connected to a single LAN, independent of the

 

actual physical configuration of the network.

 

Virtual LAN - Membership to a Virtual LAN is defined administratively

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independent of the physical network topology. A virtual LAN segment is a

 

unique broadcast domain.

 

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 64-bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11 standard.

Wide Area Network (WAN) - A network that encompasses interconnectivity between devices over a wide geographic area. Such networks require public rights-of way and operate over long distances.

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.

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