2640A/2645A NetDAQ
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Packet Driver A network device driver specification defined by 3COM. Packet drivers support operation of only a single protocol stack over the driver and hardware interface.
PC Personal Computer. A much misused term usually used to refer to a computer built to comply with the IBM PC defacto standards. Also used to refer to just about any small computer.
PC Port Address The Intel X86 processor architecture supports addressing of I/O devices in a separate address space from memory. The PC/AT architecture supports 1024 of these I/O device addresses, commonly called port addresses. In most cases, each I/O device (including network adapter cards) are assigned one or more port addresses to allow the software to communicate with the interface hardware.
PING Packet Internet Groper. A program for testing if a host with a specified IP address or name is reachable on the net. Some PING programs report statistics about the path to the host that is found.
PLA Parallel to LAN adapter. A network interface adapter device that plugs into the standard parallel interface (Printer Port) of an IBM PC or clone.
Port Also called an application port or socket port. A number used to identify a specific connection to an application using TCP services. TCP uses port numbers to provide multiple connections between applications in one host and applications in one or more other host.
Proxy ARP A protocol used by Routers and Gateways to establish
Network Protocol A standard procedure for regulating data transmission between computers.
net.cfg A file in a standard format used to hold configuration information for an ODI driver.
Protocol Stack A group of software packages that work together to implement a network protocol. These packages are usually arranged so that one package communicates with at most two other packages, one that implements a lower level of the protocol and one at a higher level. This is why the collection is called a “Stack”.
protocol.ini A file with a standard format used to hold configuration information for NDIS drivers.
Repeater A device used to physically isolate and extend the length of a network wiring segment.
RFC Request For Comment. RFC documents describe all aspects and issues associated with the International Internet and the TCP/IP protocol. Whenever a
