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Number

10 Gigabit Ethernet 1000BASE-CX 1000BASE-LX 1000BASE-SX 1000BASE-T 100BASE-T 100BASE-T4 100BASE-TX 100BASE-FX 100BASE-X 100VG-AnyLAN 10BASE-2 10BASE-5 10BASE-T 1U 2U 3U 4U 586A 586B 5U 6U 7U 802 standards 802.3 802.3ab 802.3ae 802.3u 802.3z 802.11 802.11a 802.11b 802.11c 802.11d 802.11e 802.11f 802.11g 802.11i 802.11j 802.11n 802.12 802.16

A

A record Access log Access point Access rights Access server Account Ack ACL ACR Active directory Ad Ad hoc Address resolution protocol ADSL Agent APIPA Aloha Anonymous Apache server Apple Airport AppleTalk Application layer ARCnet ARP ARPANET AS ASN.1 Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM Attachment Unit Interface AUI Autonomous system

B

Backbone Bandwidth Base station Baseband BDC Beowulf BGMP BGP Bind Bisync Bitnet Bittorrent Blade Blade server BNC BNC Connector BOOTP Bootstrap protocol Border Gateway Protocol Bottleneck BPDU BPL BPSK BranchCache Bridge Broadband Broadcast Broadcast address Broadcast domain BSS BSSID Brouter Burst Bus topology

C

Cable Cable tester CAP Cascading hubs CAT3 CAT4 CAT5 CAT5e CAT6 CAT7 CCIE CCNA CCNP CCS CDDI CDN CHAP CIDR CIFS CIR Citrix Class A Class B Class C Class D Class E Clear text CLI Client Cloud computing Clustering CNAME CNE CNST CO Coaxial cable Co-location Coaxial cable Collision Command Line Interface Communications Communications controller Computer name Connectionless Contention Convergence Core router CREN Crimp Crimping tool Crossover cable Cross-platform network Crosstalk CSMA/CD CSNET CSU/DSU CTCP cURL

D

Data center Data line Data link layer Data transfer Data transfer rate Datagram Delivery Protocol DB-9 DB-15 DDP DDR Dedicated server Decentralized process Deep Space Network Denial Of Service DHCP Dial-on-Demand Routing Disk duplexing Disk quota management Disk server Diskless workstation Distributed systems DIX DNS DNS hijacking Domain Domain controller Domain forwarding Domain join Domain local group Domain name Domain namespace Domain Name System Domain tree DOS Download DSAP DSL Dumb terminal Dynamic allocation Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

E

E-mail E-1 Echo Edge router EDIINT EIGRP Encapsulation Enterprise-Wide Network Error rate Ethernet Ethernet adapter Ethernet controller Ethernet SNAP Ethertalk Evil twin Exchange Expect External IP address External LAN adapter Extrenet port Extranet

F

F connector Fast Ethernet Fault tolerance FCIP FDDI FDDI-2 FEC FEP FFDT Fiber-optic File server File sharing File transfer File Transfer Protocol Firewall Flood FOIRL Forests and trees Forward error correction FQDN FR Frame relay Free Space Optics Front End Processor FSO FSP FTAM FTP

G

G.SHDSL Gateway GBIC Glass house Ground loops GroupWare Guest

H

Handshake HDSL Heterogeneous network Hidden share Home network Homogeneous Network Hop Hops Host Host computer Host priority Hosts file Hostid Hostname HSS Httperf Hub Hubbed mode Hybrid topology

I

ICA ICANN ICMP IDSL IEEE 802 standards IGMP IGRP IIS IMAP Infrared broadband Internal IP address Internet Internet Information Server Internet Packet eXchange \ Sequential Packet eXchange Internet Protocol Intranet InterNIC IP IP cloaking IP spoofing IPP IPsec Iptables IPTV IPX/SPX IPv4 IPv6 IS ISDN ISP IT

J

Currently no listings

K

Kerberos

L

L2TP LAN LAN segment Latency LAWN Layer 1 Layer 2 Layer 3 Layer 4 Layer 5 Layer 6 Layer 7 Layer 8 Leased line Leech LFAP Link aggregation Link state packet LLC Lmhost Load balancing Local Local Area Network Local IP address Localhost Locking Lockout Log on Log off Logical unit LOF LOS LSP LU

M

MAC Mail server Mainframe MAN Map MAPI MAU MCSA MCSE Mesh topology Metcalfe's Law MIB Miroring MMS Modbus MPLS MPP MRU MSAU MSCS MTU Multi-mode fiber Multi-user system Multicast MX record My Network Places

N

N+ NAK Nameserver Name server protocol NAPT Narrowband transmission NAS NAT NBT NCP NDIS NDR NDRO 'Net NetBEUI NetBIOS NetBIOS over TCP/IP Netmask Netstat Netting NetWare Network Network+ Network adapter Network address Network administrator Network architecture Network Control Panel Network database Network directory Network layer Network Management System Network Neighborhood Network operating system Network printer Network segment Network server Network structure NFS NIC NIT NMS NNTP Node Node address NOS Notwork NSAP NSFNET Nslookup NSP NSPA NTP

O

Octet ODI Open Optical wireless OSPF Overlay network

P

Packet Packet aggregation Packet switching PAD PAT PDC PDU Peer Peer-to-peer communications Peer-to-peer network Permission Physical layer Physical unit PIM Ping Ping of death Ping pong POP POP3 Port Port forwarding Port scanner PPP PPPoE PPTP Presentation layer Print server Promiscuous mode Protocol Proxy Proxy server

Q

QMAC QoS QPSK

R

Rackmount RADSL RAP RAS rDNS RDP Remote access Remote Access Server Remote user Repeater Reserved address space Reverse DNS lookup Reverse resolving RF Ring sequence Ring status Ring topology RJ-45 RLP Roam Rollover cable Round robin Route Route aggregation Router Routing RPC RRAS

S

SaaS Samba SAP SDLC SDSL SDU Sequenced Packet eXchange Server Server Farm Service Advertising Protocol Session layer SFTP Shared directory Share Shared folder Shielded Twisted-Pair cable Short-haul Sign off Sign on Single-mode fiber Sitename SLIP Smart terminal SMS SMTP SNA Sneakernet Sniffing SNMP Socks SPI Spoof Spoofing SPX SSAP SSH SSID SSTP Stack Star topology Stateful firewall Static Static allocation STM STM-1 STM-4 STM-8 STM-16 STM-64 Store-and-forward STP STP Cable Straight through Streaming content STS STS-1 STS-3 STS-12 STS-24 STS-48 STS-192 Subdomain Subnet Subnet mask Subnetwork Supercomputer Switch SYN SYN attack Syslog SYSOP System administrator System operator

T

T1 T2 T3 TA Tag TCP/IP TeamViewer Telecommunications Teleprocessing Telnet Terminal Terminal emulation Thick Ethernet Thin client Thin Ethernet Throttle Throughput TLD Token Top-level domain Topology TOPS TOS TP-PMD Trace Traceroute Traffic Transit network Transmit Transport layer Trunk TTL Tunnel Turnpike effect Twisted-pair cable

U

UDSL Unicast Uniformity UNC Unshielded Twisted Pair cable Uplink Upload UPnP Upstream User account User group User name User profile

V

VAN VADSL VBR VC VCI VDD VDSL Vhost Virtual host Virtual router VLAN VNC VOIP VPN VRRP VSAT

W

Wake On LAN WAN WAP WBEM Web farm Web forwarding Web host Web server Webcast WEP WFW WHOIS Wide Area Network Wideband transmission Wi-Fi WiMAX Winpopup Winsock Wire stripper WISP WLAN WOL Workgroup Workstation

X

X.400 Xerox network services XMT

Z

ZAK Zero configuration network Zeroconf ZIP Zombie Zone