WEP | Wired Equivalent Privacy |
WFQ | Weighted Fair Queueing |
WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |
WWW | World Wide Web |
Terms
10 Mbit/s Ethernet LAN specification using two pairs of twisted cabling. 10Base- | |
| T is a part of the IEEE 802.3 specification. |
Authentication | Determining the identity of a user that is attempting to access a network. |
Asymmetric digital | |
subscriber line, | is transmitted in general from a server to a user. |
ADSL |
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Bridge | Device or software that transmits data from a source network to a destination |
| network. These two networks normally use the same protocol. |
Broadcast | Transmitting data to everyone on the network. Rf. multicast. |
Command line | |
interface, CLI |
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Digital subscriber | Generic abbreviation for various different DSL types. For example ADSL, |
line, xDSL | HDSL, SDSL, and VDSL. |
Domain name | Server used on the Internet for translating names of network nodes into IP |
server, DNS | addresses. A name server lets users access networks nodes by name instead of |
| having to remember IP address numbers. |
Domain name | System containing domain name servers. |
system, DNS |
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Encapsulation | Method for using multiple protocols within the same network. This is done by |
| enclosing a data unit of one protocol into a data unit of another protocol. |
Encryption | For data security, transforming data into an unreadable form to prevent any but |
| the intended receiver from reading it. |
Encryption key | Character or bit sequence which is used for encryption, decryption or |
| authentication of data. |
Ethernet | Local area network that connects devices like computers, printers, and terminals. |
| Ethernet operates over |
Gateway | Device or software in an information network which links two networks that use |
| differents communications protocols. |
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