Specifications

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Glossary
initialization
The process of running the access server diagnostic self-test program and,
optionally, downline loading the access server with the access server image.
Installation Verification Procedure
See IVP.
Internet
Internet (written in all lowercase letters) is a collection of packet switching
networks that use TCP/IP protocols and are interconnected by gateways.
Software enables the networks to function logically as a single, large, virtual
network.
3. Internet (written with the first letter capitalized) refers specifically to a
collection of networks and gateways, including the ARPANET, MILNET, and
NSFnet, that use the TCP/IP protocol suite and function as a single,
cooperative virtual network.
Internet address
The 32-bit address assigned to computers that participate on an Internet using the
TCP/IP protocols.
Internet Bootstrap Protocol
See BOOTP.
Internet Control Message Protocol
See ICMP.
Internet gateway
A computer that connects two or more networks and passes packets between
them. In Internet, computers called gateways provide all interconnections among
physical networks. Gateways route packets based on the destination network, not
on the destination host.
Internet host
A resource on the TCP/IP network.
Internet name server
An Internet server program that performs name-to-address translation, or
mapping, from domain names to Internet addresses. It enables users to assign
common names that are easy to remember to computers and then address the
computers by name, rather than Internet addresses. When the server program
operates on a dedicated computer, the computer itself is usually called a name
server. See also local name server and root name server.