Dictionary of Networking

Peter Dyson9780782124613, 0782124615

At Last – Clear and Comprehensible Definitions of All the Networking Acronyms, Terms, and Abbreviations You Need to KnowThe Dictionary of Networking is a highly readable, authoritative guide to the extensive – and often bewildering – terminology of network computing. This completely updated, expanded third edition spans all aspects of networking hardware and software – from peer-to-peer networks to enterprise wide area networks (WANs), the Internet, and internetworking – and covers every major network operating system. Topics include:* Certification programs* Communications* Industry standards* The Internet and intranets* LANs, MANs, WANs* Mobile and wireless computing* Network administration* Networking theory and concepts* Operating systems and environments* PC and server hardware* Protocols* Security* Slang* Voice and data transmissionsThis book contains more than 3,000 entries. Abbreviations and acronyms are cross-referenced to their definitions, and many entries include additional cross-references to related entries. You’ll find clear, concise definitions, acronyms and abbreviations defined in context.

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Table of contents :
Exit……Page 0
What You’ll Find in This Book……Page 1
Extensive Cross-Referencing……Page 3
A Note about the URLs in This Book……Page 4
And Finallyº……Page 5
4.4BSD Lite……Page 6
24/7……Page 7
802.x……Page 8
802.3……Page 9
1394……Page 10
80486……Page 11
accelerator board……Page 12
access time……Page 13
ACF……Page 14
Active Directory……Page 15
active termination……Page 16
adaptive speed leveling……Page 17
address classes……Page 18
Address Resolution Protocol……Page 19
Advanced Communications Service……Page 20
Advanced Power Management……Page 21
Aggregate Route-Based IP Switching……Page 22
American National Standards Institute……Page 23
analog……Page 24
answer mode……Page 25
Apple Computer, Inc…….Page 26
AppleTalk Filing Protocol……Page 27
application……Page 28
application programming interface……Page 29
archive file……Page 30
Ascend Certified Technical Expert……Page 31
ASP……Page 32
asymmetrical multiprocessing……Page 33
asynchronous transmission……Page 34
ATM LAN Emulation……Page 35
AUDITCON……Page 36
AUTOEXEC.BAT……Page 37
Available Cell Rate……Page 38
AWG……Page 39
back-end system……Page 40
background authentication……Page 41
backup……Page 42
balun……Page 43
Banyan VINES……Page 44
Basic Rate ISDN……Page 46
Bay Networks Certified Specialist……Page 47
Berkeley Software Distribution Unix……Page 48
binaries……Page 49
bindery emulation……Page 50
bisynchronous communications……Page 51
bit stuffing……Page 52
BNCS……Page 53
boot……Page 54
Border router……Page 55
bridge……Page 56
broadband network……Page 57
brouter……Page 58
bug……Page 59
bus mastering……Page 60
bytecode……Page 61
byte-oriented protocol……Page 62
cabling standards……Page 63
cache buffer……Page 64
canonical……Page 65
carrier signal……Page 66
Category 1–5……Page 67
CCITT V Series……Page 68
CD-ROM disk drive……Page 69
central processing unit……Page 70
Certified Business Continuity Professional……Page 71
Certified Lotus Specialist……Page 72
Certified PowerBuilder Developer Professional……Page 73
character……Page 74
child domain……Page 75
Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert……Page 76
Class A certification……Page 77
Classless Inter-Domain Routing……Page 78
client/server architecture……Page 79
clock……Page 80
clustering……Page 81
codec……Page 82
command processor……Page 83
Common Hardware Reference Platform……Page 84
Common Programming Interface for Communications……Page 85
Compact Disc-Interactive……Page 86
compiler……Page 87
compressed file……Page 88
Computer Management……Page 89
concurrent license……Page 90
connectionless……Page 91
connection speed……Page 92
console……Page 93
container administrator……Page 94
Control Panel……Page 95
cooperative multitasking……Page 96
cps……Page 97
Ctrl+Alt+Del……Page 98
CU-SeeMe……Page 99
Cyrix……Page 100
database server……Page 101
Data Encryption Standard……Page 102
data protection……Page 103
DB connector……Page 104
DDE……Page 105
dedicated circuit……Page 106
defense in depth……Page 107
demand paging……Page 108
Desktop Management Interface……Page 109
device name……Page 110
differential backup……Page 111
digital signal……Page 112
digital signature……Page 113
DIP switch……Page 114
direct memory access……Page 115
Directory replica……Page 116
directory structure duplication……Page 117
disk cache……Page 118
disk duplexing……Page 119
disk striping with parity……Page 120
Distributed Computing Environment……Page 121
DIX connector……Page 122
document root……Page 123
domain directory services……Page 124
dotted decimal……Page 125
drag-and-drop……Page 126
dual-attached station……Page 127
Dynamic Data Exchange……Page 128
dynamic routing……Page 129
DynaText……Page 130
EDO RAM……Page 131
electromagnetic interference……Page 132
element……Page 133
enable……Page 134
encryption……Page 135
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol……Page 136
error……Page 137
escape sequence……Page 138
Ethernet packet……Page 139
execute……Page 140
expansion bus……Page 141
Extended Industry Standard Architecture……Page 142
External Gateway Protocol……Page 143
extremely low-frequency emission……Page 144
Fast IP……Page 145
fault tolerance……Page 146
FDDI-II……Page 147
Fiber Distributed Data Interface……Page 148
fiber-optic cable……Page 149
file allocation table……Page 150
file format……Page 151
file permissions……Page 152
file sharing……Page 153
finger……Page 154
flavor……Page 155
forest……Page 156
frames per second……Page 157
frequency-division multiplexing……Page 158
full backup……Page 159
function keys……Page 160
gender changer……Page 161
global account……Page 162
Gopher……Page 163
graphics accelerator board……Page 164
groupware……Page 165
guru……Page 166
hand-held computer……Page 167
hard disk drive……Page 168
hardware independent……Page 169
HDLC……Page 170
Hewlett-Packard Company……Page 171
High-Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line……Page 172
High-Performance File System……Page 173
hive……Page 174
horizontal application……Page 175
HSSI……Page 176
hypertext……Page 177
Hz……Page 178
IBM Suite for Windows NT……Page 179
IEEE standards……Page 180
IGMP……Page 181
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier……Page 182
Informix-4GL Certified Professional……Page 183
initialize……Page 184
INSTALL……Page 185
Integrated Device Technology, Inc…….Page 186
integrated software……Page 187
Intel Corporation……Page 188
interface……Page 189
International Business Machines Corporation……Page 190
Internet……Page 191
Internet abbreviations……Page 192
Internet Architecture Board……Page 194
Internet file types……Page 195
Internet Protocol……Page 197
Internet Relay Chat……Page 198
Internetwork Operating System……Page 199
Internetwork Packet eXchange……Page 200
interrupt……Page 201
Intrusion Detection System……Page 202
Iomega Corporation……Page 203
IP over ATM……Page 204
IPv6……Page 205
IPX internal network number……Page 206
Iso-Ethernet……Page 207
IXC……Page 208
Java……Page 209
Java Database Connectivity……Page 210
job control……Page 211
JVM……Page 212
KDC……Page 213
kilo-……Page 214
Korn shell……Page 215
LAN Emulation……Page 216
LapLink……Page 217
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol……Page 218
legacy wiring……Page 219
line adapter……Page 220
Link Access Procedure-Balanced……Page 221
Linux……Page 222
load average……Page 223
Local Procedure Call……Page 224
logical unit……Page 225
long filename……Page 226
Lotus Domino……Page 227
LUN……Page 228
LZW……Page 229
Macintosh……Page 230
macro virus……Page 231
MAIL directory……Page 232
mainframe computer……Page 233
Manchester encoding……Page 234
master browser……Page 235
MCA……Page 236
media filter……Page 237
megahertz……Page 238
memory management unit……Page 239
message-enabled application……Page 240
MHz……Page 241
Microcom Networking Protocol……Page 242
Microsoft Certified Professional……Page 243
Microsoft Corporation……Page 244
Microsoft Office Expert……Page 245
Microsoft Transaction Server……Page 246
Microsoft Windows NT Server……Page 247
middleware……Page 248
MIME Content Type……Page 249
Minimum Cell Rate……Page 250
mobile IP……Page 251
modulation……Page 252
mount……Page 253
multicast……Page 254
Multimaster Replication……Page 255
multiplexing……Page 256
Multi-station Access Unit……Page 257
MVS……Page 258
nanosecond……Page 259
NCP……Page 260
NETADMIN……Page 261
netiquette……Page 262
Netscape Communications Corporation……Page 263
Netscape SuiteSpot……Page 264
NetWare command files……Page 265
NetWare/IP……Page 266
NetWare Multiprotocol Router……Page 267
NetWare Runtime……Page 268
network address translation……Page 269
network attached storage……Page 270
network device driver……Page 271
network interface card……Page 272
network operating system……Page 273
newsgroup……Page 274
node number……Page 275
Novell Application Launcher……Page 276
Novell Distributed Print Services……Page 277
Novell NetWare 3.x……Page 278
Novell Z.E.N.works……Page 279
NWLink NetBIOS……Page 280
NWUSER……Page 281
Object Linking and Embedding……Page 282
Object Request Broker……Page 283
offline reader……Page 284
open architecture……Page 285
Open Data-link Interface/Network Driver Interface Specification Support……Page 286
Open Group……Page 287
Optical Carrier……Page 288
optical drive……Page 289
Organizational Unit……Page 290
OSI Reference Model……Page 291
OSx……Page 292
oversampling……Page 293
packet filtering……Page 294
page fault……Page 295
parallel processing……Page 296
partition……Page 297
password……Page 298
PB……Page 299
PC-DOS……Page 300
peer-to-peer network……Page 301
Pentium Pro……Page 302
Perl……Page 303
Personal Computer Disk Operating System……Page 304
physical layer……Page 305
pipeline……Page 306
Plug and Play……Page 307
Point-to-Point Protocol……Page 308
portability……Page 309
port number……Page 310
power conditioning……Page 311
power supply……Page 312
primary member……Page 313
Priority Access Control Enabled……Page 314
privileged mode……Page 315
programming language……Page 316
protected mode……Page 317
PU……Page 318
PVC……Page 319
quarter-inch cartridge……Page 320
queue……Page 321
QuickTime……Page 322
RARP……Page 323
read-only memory……Page 324
Receive Data……Page 325
redirector……Page 326
redundant array of inexpensive disks……Page 327
Registry……Page 328
Remote Authentication Dial In User Service……Page 329
Remote Storage……Page 330
replica synchronization……Page 331
Resource Reservation Protocol……Page 332
rightsizing……Page 333
RJ-12……Page 334
roll back……Page 335
ROT-13……Page 336
router……Page 337
RS-232-C……Page 338
RS-449……Page 339
RS-530……Page 340
RXD……Page 341
SAN……Page 342
Schedule service……Page 343
SCSI-1……Page 344
Seagate Desktop Management Suite……Page 345
Secure MIME……Page 346
Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks……Page 347
semaphore……Page 348
Serial Line Internet Protocol……Page 349
Server Message Block……Page 350
Service Level Agreement……Page 351
SET……Page 352
shell……Page 353
shortcut trust……Page 354
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol……Page 355
single-ended SCSI……Page 356
Site……Page 357
Small Computer System Interface……Page 358
smiley……Page 359
social engineering……Page 360
software interrupt……Page 361
source license……Page 362
special group……Page 363
ST506 Interface……Page 364
star-dot-star……Page 365
stop bit……Page 366
stream……Page 367
StreetTalk……Page 368
subdirectory……Page 369
superpipelining……Page 370
swap……Page 371
symmetrical multiprocessing……Page 372
Synchronous Optical Network……Page 373
system administration……Page 374
system log……Page 375
Systems Performance Evaluation Cooperative benchmarks……Page 376
T3……Page 378
tar……Page 379
T-carrier……Page 380
T-connector……Page 381
TCP ports……Page 382
Telephony Services API……Page 383
terminator……Page 384
thrashing……Page 385
TIA/EIA structured cabling standards……Page 386
time synchronization……Page 387
token-ring network……Page 388
top-level domains……Page 389
traffic……Page 390
Transmission Control Protocol……Page 391
Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol……Page 392
transmission medium……Page 393
trusted domain……Page 394
twinaxial cable……Page 395
Type 1–9 cable……Page 396
typeless naming……Page 397
unicast……Page 398
Uniform Resource Locator……Page 399
Universal Serial Bus……Page 400
Unix shell……Page 401
unsubscribe……Page 402
upload……Page 403
Usenet newsgroups……Page 404
user template……Page 405
uuencode……Page 406
V.27 ter……Page 407
V.90……Page 408
value-added reseller……Page 409
Vendor Independent Messaging……Page 410
very low-frequency emission……Page 411
Video Electronics Standards Association……Page 412
virtual data network……Page 413
Virtual Path Identifier……Page 414
VM……Page 415
VSAT……Page 416
VTAM……Page 417
weak password……Page 418
Web server……Page 419
wideband……Page 420
Windows CE……Page 421
Wired for Management……Page 422
WorkGroup Director……Page 423
Write Once Read Many……Page 424
WWW……Page 425
X.500……Page 426
Xmodem……Page 427
Xylan Certified Switching Specialist……Page 428
Ymodem……Page 429
zero-slot LAN……Page 430
zombie……Page 431
zone……Page 432
Hardware Companies……Page 433
Software and Service Companies……Page 436
Internet Organizations……Page 437
Standards Groups and Trade Organizations……Page 438
Portals and Search Engines……Page 439
Open Source Software……Page 440
Interexchange Carriers……Page 441
AppendixB : Certification Programs……Page 442
AppendixC : ASCII Character Set……Page 451
AppendixD : EBCDIC Character Set……Page 460