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103 Cards in this Set
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AMR
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Audio Modem Riser
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MDC
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Mobile Daughter Card
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CNR
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Communication & Networking Riser
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CRC
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Cyclical Redundancy Check
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EPP
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Enhanced Parallel Port
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ECP
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Extended Capabilites Port
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AVR
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Automatic Voltage Regulators
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UPS
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Uninterruptible Power Supply
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PCMCIA
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Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
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DHCP
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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DNS
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Dynamic Name System
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WINS
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Windows Internet Naming Service (NetBIOS)
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SSID
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Service Set ID (32 Character key used to uniquely ID a wireless LAN
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MSAU
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Multistation Access Unit
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Token Ring
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MBR
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Master Boot Record
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MBS
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Master Boot Sector
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ATM
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Asynchronous Transfer Mode
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Networking
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PDA
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Personal Digital Assistant
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POST
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Power-on Self-Test
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VAC
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Volts Alternating Current
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VDC
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Volts Direct Current
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CMOS
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Complimentary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
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UTP
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Unshielded Twisted Pair
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Networking Cable
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NMI
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Non-Maskable Interrupt
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PIC
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Programmable Interrupt Controller
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DMA
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Direct Memory Access
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SEC
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Single Edge Contact/Cartridge
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Pentium II Connection
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Slot 1
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Pentium II and Celeron Connection (Early Version)
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Slot 1
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Pentium II Late Version
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Socket 370
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IrDA
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Infrared Device
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MAC
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Media Access Control
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NIC
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Network Interface Card
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ARP
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Address Resolution Protocol
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APM
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Advanced Power Management
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BNC
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British Naval Connector
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FDDI
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Fiber Distributed Data Interface
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FRU
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Field Replacable Unit
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RLE
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Run Length Encoding
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LBA
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Logical Block Addressing
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PIO
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Programmed Input/Output
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PCI
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Peripheral Component Interconnect
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VESA VLB
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Video Electronics Standards Association - Local Bus
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DIMM and SO-DIMM
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(Small Outline) Dual Inline Memory Module
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SIPP
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Single Inline Pin Package
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SIMM
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Single Inline Memory Module
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DIPP
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Dual Inline Pin Package (16 pins)
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RDRAM
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Rambus Dynamic RAM
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RIMM
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Rambus Inline Memory Module (184 pins)
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EDO RAM
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Extended Data Output RAM
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VRAM and WRAM
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Video RAM and Windows Accelerator Card RAM
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SDRAM
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Synchronous Dynamic RAM
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IANA
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Internet Assigned Numbers Authority - distributes IPv4 and IPv6 address spaces
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IETF
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Internet Engineering Task Force - defines internet standards
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ISOC
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Internet Society - NGO promoting global cooperation for the Internet
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LVD and SE
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Low-Voltage Differential and Single- Ended (2 operational modes of SCSI)
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SCSI
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PROM, EPROM and EEPROM
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(Electronically)(Erasable) Programmable Read-Only Memory
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ISDN
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Integrated Services Digital Network
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SGRAM
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Synchronous Graphic RAM (Video)
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MSCDEX
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Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions
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WEP
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Wired Equivalent Privacy or Wireless Encryption Protocol (802.11)
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FHS
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Fan Heat Sink
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CPUs
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242-socket SEC
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Pentium II (242-socket is also called Socket 1)
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TCP/IP
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Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
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RTC
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Real-Time Clock (IRQ 8)
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OUI
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Organizationally Unique Identifier - first part of MAC on network adapter
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Hayes-Compatible Commands: T0, T1, T3, T5, T6
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T0: Stop; T1: local analog; T3: local digital; T5: enable remote digital loopback; T6: start remote digital loopback
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SATA
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Serial ATA Interface (7-wire cable, 150 Mbps, 1 meter cable)
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ESCD
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Extended System Configuration Data (provides BIOS with PnP info)
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SCSI Priority
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High -> Low: 7->0, then 15->8
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Int 13h
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Interrupt on SCSI controller that allows Bootable CD-ROMS
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RET
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Resolution Enhancement Technology (Laser Printers)
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OPC
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Organic PhotoConductive (drums in printers)
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CHS
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Cylinder Head Sector (Hard Drive translations - LBA, CHS and Extended CHS)
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MCH
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Memory Controller Hub (Northbridge) 1st of 2 in core logic chipset
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ICH
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I/O Controller Hub (Southbridge) 2nd of 2 in core logic chipset
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Slot 1
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Pentium II, Pentium III and Celeron (Remember: 1:23C)
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CPU
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Slot 2
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Pentium II Xeon, Pentium III Xeon (Remember: 2:23X)
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CPU
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Slot A
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AMD Athlon (Remember: A for Athlon)
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CPU
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Socket 370
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Pentium III, Cyrix III (Remember: 3 for 370)
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CPU
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Socket 603/604
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Intel Xeon Processors (Remember: 6X)
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CPU
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Socket A
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AMD Athlon, Duron, Athlon XP, Athlon XP-M, MP and Sempron (Remember: A for AMD)
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CPU
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Sockets 1, 2 and 3
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80486s (Pins are different though: 169, 238 and 237 respectively)
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CPU
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Socket 4, 5 and 6
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4: Pentium 60/66 MHz, 5: Pentium 75-133 MHz and AMD K-5, 6: 80486 (235 ZIF)
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CPU
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Socket 7 / Super Socket 7
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7: Pentium, Pentium MMX and AMD K-6; 8: AMD K-6(2) and K-6(3)
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CPU
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Socket 8, Socket 423 and Socket 478
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8: Pentium Pro, 423: Pentium 4, 478: Pentium 4 and Celeron
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CPU
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Socket 479
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Pentium M, Celeron M, Core Duo and Core Solo
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CPU
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GPF
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General Protection Fault - occurs when Windows steals resources from other programs
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HSSDC
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High-Speed Serial Data Connector - 9-pin cable used for 1000BASE-CX networks
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Networking
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Socket 939/940
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Opterons, Athlon 64s
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CPU
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PAC 418 / PAC 611
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418: Itanium / 611: Itanium II
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CPU
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OSI Layers
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Application, Presentation, Session, Transport, Network, Data, Physical (Remember: All People Seem To Need Data Processing.)
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Subnetting
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to segment large networks into smaller networks
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Switch
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Used to connect multiple segments of a network together
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Networking
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Bridge
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Used to connect 2 similar network segments together, but keeps traffic separate
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Networking
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Gateway
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any software/hardware combination that connects dissimilar networks
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Networking
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WAP
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Wireless Access Point
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Networking
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NAT
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Network Address Translation - allows multiple private IPs to be mapped to a single public IP
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Networking
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MDI-X
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Medium Dependent Interface-Crossover - part of a switch
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Networking
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AUI
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Attachment Unit Interface (10BASE-5 Connector), 15-pin, Thick Coax
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Networking
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Frequency and Speeds of 802.11(a, b and g)
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a) 5GHz, 54 Mbps; b) 2.4 GHz, 11 Mbps; g) 2.4 GHz, 54 Mbps
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Bluetooth Frequency and Speed
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Frequency: 2.4 GHz; Speed: 720 Kbps
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ISM Band
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Industrial, Scientific, Medical Band - Networking Frequency 2.4-2.485 GHz, which supports both FHSS and DSSS
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