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phonetothenetwork.
●MSL—MasterSubsidyLock.Anumericcodeforaccessingcertainphonesettings.
●NAI—NetworkAccessIdentifier.Astandardwayofidentifyinguserswhorequestaccesstoanetwork.
●NetworkMask—AnumberthatallowsIPnetworkstobesubdividedfor
securityandperformance.
● NNTP — Network News Transfer Protocol. An Internet application protocol for reading and posting Usenet
(newsgroup)articles.
● POP — Post Office Protocol. An Internet protocol for retrieving email from a remote server over a TCP/IP
connection.
●Port—Avirtualdataconnectionusedbyprograms
toexchangedata.
●PortForwarding—AprocessthatallowsremotedevicestoconnecttoaspecificcomputerwithinaprivateLAN.
●PortNumber—AnumberassignedtoausersessionandserverapplicationinanIPnetwork.
● Protocol — A standard that enables connection, communication,
and data transfer between computing
endpoints.
● PPTP — Point‐to‐point Tunneling Protocol. A method for implementing virtual private networks that does not
provideconfidentialityorencryption.
● PRL— Pref erre d Roaming List. A  list that your wireless phone or device uses to determine which networks to
connectwithwhen
youareroaming.
●RFB—RemoteFrameBuffer.Aprotocolforremoteaccesstographicaluserinterfaces.
●Router—Adevicethatconnectstwonetworks.
●RTP—Real‐timeTransportProtocol.ApacketformatforstreamingmultimediaovertheInternet.
●SMTP—SimpleMailTransferProtocol.
AnInternetstandardforemailtransmissionacr ossIPnetworks.
●SSID—ServiceSetIdentifier.ThenameassignedtoaWLANnetwork.
● TCP — Transmission Control Protocol. A core protocol for transmitting and receiving information over the
Internet.
●TCP/IP—TransmissionControlProtocol/InternetProt ocol.Acommunicationsprotocoldevelopedunder
contract
fromtheU.S.DepartmentofDefensetointernetworkdissimilarsyst ems.
●Telnet—TelecommunicationNetwork.AnetworkprotocolusedontheInternetoronlocalareanetworks.
●TFTP—TrivialFileTransferProtocol.AfiletransferprotocolwithasubsetofFTPfunctionality.
●UDP—UserDatagram
Protocol.AsimpletransportprotocolusedtotransferinformationontheInternet.
●VNC—Virtual NetworkComputing.Agraphicaldesktopsharingsystem thatusestheRFBprotocolto remotely
controlanothercomputer.
●VPN—VirtualPrivateNetwork.AsecureprivatenetworkthatrunsoverthepublicInternet.
●VPN
Passthrough—AfeaturethatallowsaclienttoestablishatunnelonlywithaspecificVPNserver.
● WAN — Wide Area Network. A public network that extends beyond architectura l, geographical, or political
boundaries(unlikeaLAN,whichisusuallyaprivatenetwork locatedwithinaroom,building,or
otherlimitedarea).
● WEP—Wired EquivalentPrivacy. An IEEE standard securityprotocol for 802.11networks. Supersededby WPA
andWPA2.
●WLAN—WirelessFidelity.Anysystemthatusesthe802.11standarddevelopedandreleasedin1997bytheIEEE