Glossary Terms
A
Adapter
ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line)
ATM

B
Bandwidth
Bit
Bluetooth
BPs (Bits-Per-Second)
Broadband
Byte

C
CAT5
CAT6

D
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)
DoS - Denial of Service

E
E-mail
Ethernet
Extranet

F
Fast Ethernet / 100 Mbps Ethernet
FireWire
FTP

G
Gateway
Gigabit Ethernet
Groupware

H
Hotspot
HTTP
Hub

I
Internet
Intranet
IP Address
ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network)
ISP (Internet Service Provider)

K
Kbps / kbps, Mbps, Gbps
Kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte

L
LAN (Local Area Network)
Leased line

M
Modem
MPEG (Motion Pictures Expert Group)
Multimedia Computer
N
NAT (Network Address Translation)
Network
Network firewall
Network switch
NOS (Network Operating System)

O
Octet
OSI model (Open Systems Interconnection...

P
P2P
Packet
PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card...
Ping
Port
Port number
Protocol

Q
Quality of Service / QoS

R
Router

S
Server
SHDSL
Sniffer
Spam
SSID (Service Set Identifier)
Subnet

T
TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol /...
Trojan

U
UDP - User Datagram Protocol
USB - Universal Serial Bus

V
Video Switch or Multimedia Device
Videoconferencing
Virus
VoIP - Voice over Internet Protocol
VPN (Virtual Private Network)

W
WAN - Wide Area Network
Wi-Fi - Wireless Fidelity
WINS - Windows Internet Naming Service
Workgroup
Worm
WWW (World Wide Web)

X
X.25

 
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