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LATA	(Local Access and Transport Area): A geographic territory used primarily by local
	telephone companies to determine charges for intrastate calls. As a result of the Bell
	divestiture, switched calls that both begin and end at points within the LATA
	(intraLATA) are generally the sole responsibility of the local telephone company,
	while calls that cross outside the LATA (interLATA) are passed on to an Inter
LEC	eXchange Carrier (IXC).
	(Local Exchange Carrier): The local phone companies - either a Regional Bell
	Operating Company (RBOC) or an independent phone company (e.g. GTE) - that
Linux	provide local transmission services.
	A version of the UNIX operating system designed to run on IBM Compatible
	computers.

Logic Bomb

Loop Qualification

A virus that only activates itself when certain conditions are met. Logic bombs usually damage files or cause other serious problems when they are activated.

This is a test done by the phone company to make sure the customer is within the maximum distance of 18,000 feet from the central office that services that customer. Note however that ISDN service "could" be available at a longer distance than that with a mid-span repeater.

MAC	On a local area network (LAN) or other network, the MAC (Media Access Control)
	address is your computer's unique hardware number. (On an Ethernet LAN, it is the
	same as your Ethernet address.) The MAC layer frames data for transmission over
	the network, then passes the frame to the physical layer interface where it is
	transmitted as a stream of bits.
Master/Slave	Refers to the architecture in which one device (the master) controls one or more
	other devices (the slaves).
Mid Span	A device that amplifies the signal coming or going to the central office. This device is
Repeater	necessary for ISDN service if you are outside the 18,000 feet distance requirement
Name	from the central office.
	The allocation of an IP address to a host name. See DNS.
Resolution
NAT	Network Address Translation is the translation of an Internet Protocol address used
	within one network to a different IP address known within another network – see also
	SUA.
NDIS	Network Driver Interface Specification is a Windows specification for how
	communication protocol programs (such as TCP/IP) and network device drivers
	should communicate with each other.

NetBIOS

Network

Network Basic Input / Output System. NetBIOS is an extension of the DOS BIOS that enables a PC to connect to and communicate with a LAN.

Any time you connect 2 or more computers together so that they can share resources, you have a computer network. Connect 2 or more networks together and you have an internet.

NI1	(National ISDN 1): A specification for a "standard" ISDN phone line. The goal is for
	National ISDN 1 to become a set of standards that every manufacturer can conform
	to. For example, ISDN phones that conform to the National ISDN 1 standard works,
	regardless of the central office the customer is connected to. NOTE: Future

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