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Ethernet A baseband LAN specification invented by Xero Corporation
and developed jointly by Xerox, Intel, and DEC. Ethernet networks
operate at 10Mbps using CSMA/CD to run over coaxial cable or UTP.
Ethernet has become a series of standards produced by IEEE referred to
as IEEE 802.3.
Ethernet Card A printed circuit board that plugs into a computer to
permit the computer to connect to a network.
Firewall A security device (hardware or software) that controls access
to and from the Internet to a local network using identification
information.
FTP File Transfer Protocol is the basic Internet function that enables
files to be transferred between computers. You can use it to download
files from a remote host computer and to upload files from your com-
puter.
Gateway A gateway is what it sounds like. It is an entrance and an exit
into a communication network. A gateway intercepts and steers elec-
tronic signals from one network to another. In data networks, gateways
are typically a node on both networks that connects two otherwise
incompatible networks.
HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol is the actual protocol used by the
WEB Server and the Client Browser to communicate over the network.
This protocol is used for moving documents around the Internet.
Hub In Ethernet environments, a device that concentrates and combines
the signals of multiple independent 10Base-T Ethernet connections into
a segment.
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol is a network-layer Internet
protocol that provides message packets to report errors and other infor-
mation relevant to IP packet processing. ICMP provides a number of
diagnostic functions and can send error packets to host. ICMP uses the
basic support of IP and is an integral part of IP.
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