Subnet Mask | There are approximately 4.3 billion different |
| addresses in the IP Address range of |
| 000.000.000.000 to 255.255.255.255. These |
| addresses can be divided into smaller, and much |
| more manageable, subnetworks, or subnets. The |
| Subnet Mask identifies which part of the IP |
| Address contains the Subnet Address and which |
| part contains the host (or device) address. |
TCP | An acronym for Transmission Control Protocol. |
| TCP/IP protocol governing sequenced data. |
TCP/IP | An acronym for Transmission Control Protocol/ |
| Internet Protocol. A protocol suite developed by |
| ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency). |
| TCP/IP is a set of communications protocols that is |
| supported by a variety of computer platforms. TCP |
| controls the data transfer and IP controls the routing |
| of the data. The IP Address is a unique address that |
| identifies a device in a network. The IP Address |
| consists of four bytes of information and is |
| expressed as decimal numbers with the bytes |
| separated by periods. |
| (Example: 13.1.188.2) |
Telnet | TCP/IP protocol governing |
| terminal data. |
Thicknet | Cabling scheme using twin axial cable. See |
| 10Base5. |
Thinnet | Cabling scheme using 50 ohm coaxial cable. See |
| 10Base2. |
TIFF | An acronym for Tagged Image File Format. |
Token | The character sequence passed among nodes in |
| sequence to indicate which one has permission to |
| transmit. |
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