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30 Cards in this Set
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An alternative Internet-style network that provides faster network communications for universities and research institutions
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TCP/IP
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Protocols developed as an experiment in internetworking, now the language of the Internet, allowing cross-network communication for almost every type of computer network.
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Internetworking
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Connecting different types of networks and computer systems
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Open standards
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Standards not owned by any company
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Packet-switching
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The standard technique used to send information over the Internet. The message is broken into packets that travel independently from network to network toward their common destination, where they are reunited and put in correct order.
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Static IP address
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An IP address assigned semipermanently to a particular device connected to the Internet.
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Dynamic IP address
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An IP address that is assigned to a device when it connects to the Internet; when that device disconnects from the Internet, the IP address may be reused.
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IP Address
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A unique string of 4 numbers separated by periods that serves as a universal address for a computer on the Internet. The IP address for the host computer and sending computer is included with every packet of information that traverses the Internet.
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Next Generation Internet
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A future nationwide web of optical fibre integrated with intelligent management sofware to maintain high speed connection
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Multicasting
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More efficient way for the same information to be transmitted to multiple Internet connected devices
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Domain Name System
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A system that translates a computer's numerical IP address into an easier to remember string of names separated by dots.
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Page 308
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Domains
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A class of Internet address indicated by a suffix like .com
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p. 310
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Top level domain
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Most widely used domains
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p. 310
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Direct Connections
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A dedicated, direct connection to the Internet through a LAN, with the computer having its own IP address
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Backbone Network
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Collection of common pathways used to transmit large quantities of data between networks in a WAN
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p. 267
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T1
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A direct connect digital line that can transmit voice, data, and video at roughly 1.5Mbps
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T3
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A direct connect digital line that can transmit voice, data and video even faster than a T1 connection.
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Dialup Connection
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Connects to Internet using a modem and standard telephone lines
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PPP
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Point to point protocol, enables a computer to connect to the Internet via modem and terms
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POTS
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Plain old telephone services
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DSL
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Digital subscriber line, a type of broadband connection to the Internet offered by phone companies
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Cable modems
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A type of broadband Internet connection that uses the same network of coaxial cables that delivers TV signals
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Satellite Internet Connection
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A broadband technology available through many of the same satellite disks that provide television channels to viewers. For many rural homes and business, satellite Internet connection provide the only high speed Internet access options available
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ISP
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Internet Service Provider, offers connection options, provide connections to their customers
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Online services
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Internet access and a variety of other services in a privately controlled environment offered by gateway companies such as America Online
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Email server
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A specialized server that acts like a local post office for a particular Internet host.
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File Server
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In a LAN, a computer used as a storehouse for software and data that are shared by several users
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File transfer protocol
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A communications protocol that enables users to download files from remote servers to their computers and to upload files they want to share from their computers to those archives.
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Application server
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A common type of Internet server that stores PC office applications, databases or other applications and make them available to client programs that request them.
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Application Service Provider
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A company that manages and delivers application services on a contract basis.
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