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Glossary
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Gateway
A network device that acts as an entrance to another network. A
gateway may also be any device that passes packets from one
network to another network across the Internet.
HTML
HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is the set of ÒmarkupÓ
tags, symbols, or codes inserted in a text Þle intended for display
on a world wide web browser. The markup tells the web browser
how to display a web page's content, words, and images.
HTTP
The HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a set of rules for
exchanging Þles (text, graphic images, sound, video, and other
multimedia Þles) on the world wide web.
Internet domain
An Internet domain is a host naming convention used to ensure
that no two individual hosts on the global Internet have the same
hostname. An Internet domain should not be confused with an
NT Domain. See NT Domain.
InterNIC
The organization responsible for registering and maintaining the
com, edu, gov, net, and org domain names on the world wide
web.
IP address
A 32-bit number that identiÞes each sender or receiver of
information that is sent in packets across the Internet such as
(192.168.25.77).
Leased IP addresses
IP addresses assigned by DHCP to unrecognized computing
devices. This method involves setting up a leased pool of IP
addresses that are allocated when new devices are booted and
recognized on the network.
MAC address
The media access control (MAC) address is your computer's
unique hardware number.