or 100Mbps per second over UTP, STP, or fiber-optic media.

Firewall Firewall is considered the first line of defense in protecting private information. For better security, data can be encrypted. A system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network. Firewalls are frequently used to prevent unauthorized Internet users from accessing private networks connected to the Internet, especially Intranets all messages entering or leaving the intranet pass through the firewall, which examines each message and blocks those that do not meet the specified security criteria.

G

Gateway A gateway links computers that use different data formats together.

Group Groups consist of several user machines that have similar characteristics such as being in the same department.

H

HEX

Short for hexadecimal refers to the base-16 number

 

system, which consists of 16 unique symbols: the

 

numbers 0 to 9 and the letters A to F. For example, the

 

decimal number 15 is represented as F in the

 

hexadecimal numbering system. The hexadecimal

 

system is useful because it can represent every byte (8

 

bits) as two consecutive hexadecimal digits. It is easier

 

for humans to read hexadecimal numbers than binary

 

numbers.

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