UDP
User Datagram Protocol. A protocol that is the part of the Internet Protocol that provides datagram service. It distinguishes between multiple destinations on a host, allowing multiple application programs executing on a host to independently exchange (send and receive) datagrams with multiple application programs on another host.
User Datagram Protocol
See UDP.
virtual circuit
A logical communications path between a access server and a service node. A virtual circuit provides a bidirectional, sequential,
WAN
Wide Area Network. A network composed of computers connected by communications links that cover distances up to many thousands of miles. Contrast with LAN.
Wide Area Network
See WAN.
XON/XOFF characters
These characters are used with a form of