adapter. Board installed in a computer system to provide net- work communication capability to and from that computer sys- tem.
address mask. See subnet mask.
ADSL. Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. Modems attached to twisted pair copper wiring that transmit
AH. The Authentication Header provides data origin authentica- tion, connectionless integrity, and
ANSI. American National Standards Institute.
ASCII. American Standard Code for Information Interchange (pronounced
asynchronous communication. Network system that allows data to be sent at irregular intervals by preceding each octet with a start bit and following it with a stop bit. Compare syn- chronous communication.
Auth Protocol. Authentication Protocol for IP packet header. The three parameter values are None, Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Authentication Header (AH).