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Routing table: | A table that lists routing paths to enable a node to route traffic to |
| another node in the network. |
Server: | Hardware or software that offers a specific service, such as database |
| management, to a client. |
Static route: | A route that is permanent rather than a route that is dynamically |
| assigned by another router. |
STP: | Shielded Twisted Pair. Telephone wire that is wrapped in a sheath to |
| eliminate external interference. |
STUN: | Simple Traversal of UDP (User Datagram Protocol) through NAT |
| (Network Address Translation). |
Subnet address: | The subnet portion of an IP address. |
Subnet mask: | A number that identifies the subnet portion of a network address so |
| that IP addresses can be shared on a local area network. |
Subnet: | An independent network segment, that is, it has the same network |
| address, but its subnet address is different. |
Switch: | A data switch connects computing devices to host computers, |
| enabling multiple devices to share a limited number of ports. An |
| electrical switch is a device for making, breaking, or changing the |
| connections in an electrical circuit. |
TCP/IP: | Transmission control protocol/Internet protocol, a set of protocols |
| that govern |
| area networks. |
Telnet: | The TCP/IP virtual terminal protocol that allows a user at one site to |
| access a remote system at another site. |
Throughput: | The number of bits, characters, or blocks that are able to pass |
| through a data communication system. |
UDP: | User Datagram Protocol. A connectionless protocol that converts |
| data messages generated by an application into packets to be sent |
| over IP. |
URL: | Uniform Resource Locator. An Internet standard addressing protocol |
| for describing the location and access method of a resource on the |
| Internet. |
VPN: | Virtual Private Network. A network implemented over a public |
| network that is made “private” by use of encryption. |
WAN: | Wide area network. A communications network that connects |
| geographically separated areas (Compare with LAN). |
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