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Chapter 10:

Online Glossaries

Eclipse Support notes a number of web pages that contain good online glossaries of computing,

internet, and networking terms. We hope you will find these URLs helpful in expanding your

understanding of frequently used technological acronyms, protocols, words, and phrases.

Some definitions in the following glossaries might provide cross-references to other terms and

definitions, online tutorials, links to other web pages, illustrations, and historical context and

editorial commentary.

You can also search the World Wide Web for other network glossaries.

Please note that as the World Wide Web is constantly changing, some of the URLs given below

may change, move to a new location, or become out-of-date.

Basic Glossaries

The following web pages usually provide an alphabetical list of terms and their definitions. The

most basic web pages require you to scroll through a long list of terms and definitions. Others

allow you to click on a letter of the alphabet to jump to that section.

• http://www.cablexpress.com/tech/net1.html

A glossary of network terms, maintained by Cable Express.

• http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1983.html

Ohio State University’s no-frills Internet User's Glossary.

• http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html

A glossary of terms maintained by Matisse Enzer.

Advanced Glossaries

The following web pages allow you to jump to sections of the glossary and select a term from an

alphabetical list to display the definition.

• http://www.alaska.net/~research/index.htm

A series of links provided by the Network Design and Research Center of Fairbanks,

Alaska. Clicking on a term can take you to almost anywhere for a definition, a link, a

related article, a white paper, or a tutorial.

• http://www.ascend.com/1672.html

Glossary of Terms maintained by Ascend Communications, Inc. as part of their online

resource library. They also discuss basic networking topics.