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 Data Transfer Rates Directory Services
 Electronic Mail Ethernet
 File Transfer Groupware
 Internet Access Network Interface Cards (NICs)
 Network Management Network Protocols
 Network Topologies Networking Companies
 Networking Hardware Networking Standards
 Routing Security
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Terms


 10Base-T 2-205 rule
 5-4-3 rule AAA
 AAB AAUI
 accounting active reconnaissance
 administrative domain AFP
 air gap All-to-all broadcast
 amplifier repeater Application Service Provider
 arbitrated loop ARP
 ARP spoofing AS
 ATM OAM Ping Atom
 attenuation attenuation crosstalk ratio
 AUI auto partitioning
 backhaul backpressure
 baseband bastion host
 BECN Berkeley Packet Filter
 BGAN bit bucket
 black hole block
 BLS BPL
 BPL repeater BRAS
 broadband broadcast
 broadcast address broadcast storm
 burst CAM
 CAN CARP
 carrier CCNA
 CDN cell
 cell relay Cells in Frames
 central tunneling centralized network
 choke packet CIR
 circuit switching Class C network
 client/server architecture cloud
 clustering coaxial cable
 collapsed backbone collision
 collision domain Communication Streaming Architecture
 congestion congestion notification
 connectionless connectionless service
 connection-oriented service connectivity
 contention controller area network
 COR CRC
 crosstalk CSMA/CA
 CSMA/CD DAFS
 daisy chain data mirroring
 datagram Datagram Congestion Control Protocol
 DCCP DDR
 default gateway DEN
 deploy dial-up access
 digital loop carrier Direct Access File System
 direct attached storage directory
 diskless workstation Distribution Point
 DLCI domain
 domain controller domain name
 downstream DP
 DSS dual-homed host
 DVMRP DWDM
 dynamic NAT E_Port
 eBGP edge router
 edge switch EGP
 egress traffic encapsulation
 endpoint identifiers ESCON
 EtherLoop extranet
 F_Port Facebook Connect
 facilities-based competition failover
 fairly fast packet filter FastIP
 FATA FC SAN
 FCIP FCoE
 FECN Federal Internet Exchange
 federated network identity FFPF
 Fibre Channel FICON
 firewalking firewall
 forest FQDN
 Frame Relay G_Port
 GAN gateway
 GBIC geo-dispersed cluster
 giant global area network
 Global File System Gnutella
 greynet HAN
 HAVi HBA
 heterogeneous network hold down timer
 HomePlug HomeRF
 honeynet hop
 Host Channel Adapter hot potato routing
 hotspot HPNA
 HSRP HSSI
 hub hybrid routing protocol
 I/O I/O adapter
 iBGP ICF
 ICS IDF
 IDN iFCP
 IGP InfiniBand
 ingress traffic Inmarsat-4 satellite
 Integrated PAD Software Internet sharing
 internetworking intranet
 IP Masquerade IP switching
 IPS IS-IS
 jabber jitter
 jumbo frame L_Port
 LAN telephony LANE
 LAT latency
 LCP leased line
 lights out server room LNP
 load balancing local
 Local Number Portability local-area network
 localhost log on
 log out logical topology
 LOM loopback
 loopback address LPD/LPR
 M2M MAN
 Managed Security Service MDF
 MDIX medium dependent interface
 Metcalfe’s Law MPEG-21
 MSCS multicast address
 multihomed multi-site cluster
 municipal Wi-Fi N_Port
 Named Pipes NAS
 Net PC NetBEUI
 network network access server
 network appliance network baselining
 network computer network identity
 Network Load Balancing network meltdown
 network neutrality network operating system
 network transparency network virtualization
 network-attached storage NEXT
 next hop Next-Generation Network
 NFS NGN
 Nimrod Routing Architecture NLB
 NOC node
 nomadic wireless NTLM
 NUA Object-Based Storage Device
 offline online
 open profile OpenID
 OpenNMS operating system-level virtualization
 OSD OSPF
 OSS overloading
 packet packet buffer
 packet collision packet collision rate
 packet switching PAD
 PAM PAN
 passive reconnaissance PAT
 patch cord patch panel
 peer-to-peer architecture perfect forward secrecy
 pervasive computing physical topology
 ping triangulation PLC
 PLMN PoE
 polling PON
 port forwarding port knocking
 Port to Application Mapping port triggering
 power line Ethernet bridge power line networking
 PowerPacket Private PAD
 proxy cache proxy server
 PSDN public carrier
 Public PAD pull
 pulling wire punchdown block
 push PVC
 PXE QoE
 QoS RBGAN
 RDMA RDP
 Red Hat Global File System redundant
 remote access remote access server
 Remote Desktop Remote Desktop Protocol
 ROR route control
 routefile router
 routing routing information field
 Routing Information Protocol routing metric
 routing protocol RTU
 runt SAN
 SAN fabric security policy
 sequenced packet protocol server farm
 server virtualization Shared Wireless Access Protocol
 slice sliding window
 SMLT sneakernet
 SNR social network
 social network analysis socket
 SoIP source
 split horizon Split Multi-Link Trunking
 split tunneling SPN
 SPOF SSH port forwarding
 static NAT static routing
 storage virtualization stub network
 subnet subnet mask
 SVC switched Ethernet
 TAN TC
 TCP-Friendly Rate Control telematics
 Telenet Telnet
 TFRC throughput
 tiered storage token passing
 TPS traceroute
 traffic transmission path
 tunneling Tymnet
 U_Port uDAPL
 unicast address unified storage
 UPnP upstream
 UUCP VAN
 VAN access point VAN mailbox
 variable length subnet mask vBNS
 VCI virtual circuit
 virtual honeypot virtual router
 virtualization VLAN
 VLSM VoIP Gateway
 VPDN VPI
 VPN VRRP
 WAAS warchalking
 WebSEAL Wide Area Application Services
 wide area data services wide area file services
 wide-area network Windows Network Setup Wizard
 Windows XP ICS Internet Gateway Windows XP Network Bridge
 wireless wireless mesh network
 wireless personal area network Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN)
 Wolfpack WPAD
 WPAN Zeroconf
 zoning ZSL



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