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10 Cards in this Set
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Hosts / End Systems
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Devices that are being hooked up to the internet
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Transmission rate
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The speed at which links can transmit data (bits/second)
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TCP
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Transmission Control Protocol
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IP
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Internet Protocol - Format of the packets that are sent and received among routers and end systems
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RFC
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Request for comments that established protocols
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FDM
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Frequency-division multiplexing. Frequency spectrum of a link is divided up among the connections established across the link. Each frequency band is used for the duration of the conection
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TDM
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Time Division Multiplexing, time is divided into frames of fixed duration and each frame is divided into a fixed number of time slots. Each time slot gets all bandwidth at certain amounts of time
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Processing Delay
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Time required to examine packet's header and determine where to direct the packet
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Queing Delay
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Time packet spends in Queue waiting to be transmitted
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Transmission Delay
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Amount of time required to push all of the packet's bits into the link
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