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Chapter 17#2
Question | Answer |
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data throughput | In relation to analog communication, the range of frequencies that a communications channel or cable can carry. |
default gateway | The gateway a computer on a network will use to access another network unless it knows to specifically use another gateway for quicker access to that network. |
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server | A protocol used by a server to assign dynamic IP addresses to computers on a network when they first access the network. |
DNS (Domain Name System, or Domain Name Service | A distributed pool of information (called the name space) that keeps track of assigned host names and domain names and their corresponding IP addresses, and the system that allows a host to locate information in the pool. |
DNS server | A computer that can find an IP address for another computer when only the fully qualified domain name is known. |
domain name | A unique, text-based name that identifies a network. A fully qualified domain name is sometimes loosely called a domain name. |
dynamic IP | An assigned IP address that is used for the current session only. When the session is terminated, the IP address is returned to the list of available addresses. |
Ethernet | |
Fast Ethernet (FDDI) | |
fiber optic cable | |
frame. | |
full duplex | |
fully qualified domain name (FQDN) | |
gateway. | |
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) | |
Gigabit Ethernet | |
half duplex | |
hardware address | |
host | |
host name | |
Hosts file | |
hub |