router - A device that routes data between networks through IP address information in the header of the IP packet. A router forwards packets to other routers until the packets reach their destination. The Internet is the largest example of a routed network.
subnet - A portion of a network. Each subnet within a network shares a common network address and is uniquely identified by a subnetwork number.
subnet mask - A
TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol is the basic communication protocol of the Internet. It supports sending information in packets, and identifies each device with a unique numeric IP address.
WAN - A Wide Area Network is a geographically distributed network composed of multiple networks joined into a single large network. The Internet is a global WAN.
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