Components and Architecture - Networking Basics Reference

Name/Acronym

Name/Definition

Comments

 

 

 

Telnet

Application that provides a

Telnet defines a protocol that allows a remote

 

terminal interface between

terminal session to be established with an Internet

 

hosts using TCP/IP.

host, so that a remote user has can use the remote

 

 

host as though he was sitting at a terminal

 

 

connected directly to the Host.

 

 

 

Throughput

Data volume transmitted per

Example: 10 Mbps

 

unit of time.

 

Token Ring

A network topology in

The “token” is a special code that is passed from

 

which the nodes are

node to node in the same fixed sequence. Each

 

addressed and can transmit

node can hold the token for a limited time, and can

 

in a fixed sequence.

transmit only as long as it holds the token.

Topology

The configuration scheme

Types of network topology include Ring, Bus, Star,

 

for a network.

and Tree.

 

 

 

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

Similar to Transport Control Protocol (TCP), but

 

 

less complex regarding reliability features, and

 

 

hence, faster than TCP.

 

 

 

Uplink Port

Ethernet Port that enables

Some Hubs and some Switches include an

 

inter-connection of

additional port that enables connection form hub to

 

networking devices

hub, hub to switch, etc. Typically, the Uplink Port

 

 

is a cross-over connector; on some devices, the

 

 

Uplink Port can be configured (or selected) as

 

 

either cross-over or straight.

VLAN

Virtual Local Area Network

Provides access to multiple IP subnets at a physical

 

 

location.

VPN

Virtual Private Network

Remote access via a secure (encrypted) “tunnel”

 

 

though the Internet.

WAN

Wide-Area Network

Typically, a network that includes several LANs at

 

 

different geographical locations, interconnected

 

 

using common carrier transmission services.

WINS

Windows Internet Name

 

 

Service

 

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HC900 specifications

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