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Ethernet: A popular networking architecture developed in 1976 at Xerox.

network, wireless network:A network in which a node has a tiny radio or infrared transmitter connected to its network port so it can send and receive data through the air rather than through cables.

Wi-Fi: A popular wireless LAN technology that allows multiple computers to connect to a LAN through a base station up to 150 feet away. Often referred to as 802.11b.

wireless access point: a communication devise typically connected to a wired network, that is used to create a wireless network.

LAN:Multiple personal computers connected on a network.

MAN/WAM: A service that links two or more LANs within a city.

node, routers: Each computer and shared peripheral on a local-area network/Programs or devices that decide how to route Internet transmissions.

fiber-optic cable: High-capacity cable that uses light waves to carry information at blinding speeds

client, host: anything that gets data, anything that gives data

server; access, access permissions :Physical proximity to a person, or knowledge about that person, a common theme in privacy discussions.

spam, phishing: Internet junk mail.

log in, password:The most common security tools used to restrict access to computer systems. used in log ins.

firewall,VPN : methods of Internet security. AVPN is a network that uses encryption software to create secure “tunnels” through the public Internet or between intranets; a method an organization can use to set up an extant.

sysadmin: is a person employed to maintain and operate a computer system and/or network System administrators may be members of an information technology department
nodes, work station: A high-end desktop computer with massive computing power, though less expensive than a minicomputer. Workstations are the most powerful of the desktop computers.

UPS:A hardware device that protects computers from data loss during power failures.
EDI: A set of specifications for conducting basic business transactions over private networks.

blogs,wiki: A Web site that lets anyone with access to a Web browser to modify its pages. The best-known example is Wikipedia.



asynchronous communication: Delayed communication, such as that used for newsgroups and mailing lists, where the sender and the recipients don’t have to be logged in at the same time.

real-time communication:Internet communication that enables you to communicate with other users who are logged on at the same time.
chat room: Public real-time teleconference.

IM:A technology that enables users to create buddy lists check for buddies who are logged in, and exchange typed messages and files with those who are.
bps: The standard unit of measure for modem speed.
GPS: A defense department system with 24 satellites that can pinpoint any location on the Earth.
Internet telephony:A combination of software and hardware technology that enables the Internet to, in effect, serve as a telephone network. Internet telephony systems can use standard telephones, computers, or both to send and receive voice messages.

VoIP: Voice over IP: a protocol that allows the Internet to be used to make voice telephone calls.
video teleconference, voice mail: A telephone-based messaging system with many of the features of an email system.

NOS: Server operating system software for a local-area network.