Chapter 17 stack 3
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| Internet service provider (ISP) | A commercial group
that provides Internet access for a monthly fee;
AOL, Earthlink, and Comcast are large ISPs.
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| intranet | A private network that uses the TCP/IP
protocols.
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| IP address LAN (local area network) | A 32-bit address consisting of four
numbers separated by periods, used to uniquely
identify a device on a network that uses TCP/IP
protocols. The first numbers identify the network;
the last numbers identify a host. An example of an
IP.
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| line speed | data throughput
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| MAC (Media Access Control) address | A 48-bit
hardware address unique to each NIC card or
onboard network controller and assigned by the
manufacturer. The address is often printed on the
adapter as hexadecimal numbers. An example is
00 00 0C 08 2F 35. Also called a physical
address.
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| multicasting | A process in which a message is sent by
one host to multiple hosts, such as when a video
conference is broadcast to several hosts on the
Internet.
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| name resolution | The process of associating a
character-based computer name to an IP address.
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| NAT (Network Address Translation) | A protocol used
to convert private IP addresses on a LAN to a
public IP address before a data packet is sent over
the Internet.
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| NetBEUI (NetBIOS Extended User Interface) | A fast,
proprietary, and outdated Microsoft networking
protocol used only by Windows-based systems,
and limited to LANs because it does not support
routing.
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| NetBIOS (Network Basic Input/Output System) | An
API protocol used by some applications to
communicate over a NetBEUI network. NetBIOS
has been replaced by Windows Sockets over a
TCP/IP network.
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| network adapter | An expansion card
that plugs into a computer’s motherboard and
provides a port on the back of the card to connect
a PC to a network.
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| network drive map: | Mounting a drive to a computer,
such as drive E, that is actually hard drive space on
another host computer on the network.
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| network interface card (NIC) | An expansion card
that plugs into a computer’s motherboard and
provides a port on the back of the card to connect
a PC to a network. Also called a network adapter.
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| network operating system (NOS) | A printer that any user on the
network can access, through its own network card
and connection to the network, through a
1252 GLOSSARY connection to a standalone print server, or through
a connection to a computer.
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| network printer | connection to a standalone print server, or through
a connection to a computer as a local printer,
which is shared on the network.
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| node | Any computer or other device on a network that
has been assigned an IP address.
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| NWLink |
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| octet | Term for each of the four 8-bit numbers that
make up an IP address. For example, the IP
address 206.96.103.114 has four octets.
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| Packet | Segment of network data that also includes
header, destination address, and trailer
information that is sent as a unit. Also called data
packet or datagram.
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| patch cable | A network cable that is used to connect a
PC to a hub, switch, or router.
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| peer-to-peer network | As applied to networking, a
network of computers that are all equals, or peers.
Each computer has the same amount of authority,
and each can act as a server to the other
computers.
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| physical address | A 48-bit
hardware address unique to each NIC card or
onboard network controller and assigned by the
manufacturer. The address is often printed on the
adapter as hexadecimal numbers. An example is
00 00 0C 08 2F 35. Also called a physical
address, an
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