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Appendix C - Specifications
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Appendix G
Glossary of Terms
NUMBERS
10BASE-T
10BASE-T is Ethernet over UTP Category III, IV, or V unshielded twisted-pair media.
100BASE-TX
The two-pair twisted-media implementation of 100BASE-T is called 100BASE-TX.
A
Applet
Applets are small Java programs that can be embedded in an HTML page. The rule at
the moment is that an applet can only make an Internet connection to the computer
form which the applet was sent.
ASCII
American Standard Code. For Information Interchange, it is the standard method for
encoding characters as 8-bit sequences of binary numbers, allowing a maximum of
256 characters.
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol. ARP is a protocol that resides at the TCP/IP Internet
layer which delivers data on the same network by translating an IP address to a physi-
cal address.
AVI
Audio Video Interleave, it is a Windows platform audio and video file type, a common
format for small movies and videos.
B
BOOTP
Bootstrap Protocol is an Internet protocol that can automatically configure a network
device in a diskless workstation to give its own IP address.
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Communication
Communication has four components: sender, receiver, message, and medium. In
networks, devices and application tasks and processes communicate messages to
each other over media. They represent the sender and receivers. The data they send
is the message. The cabling or transmission method they use is the medium.
Connection
In networking, two devices establish a connection to communicate with each other.
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DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol was developed by Microsoft. It is a protocol for
assigning dynamic IP addresses to devices on a network. With dynamic addressing, a
device can have a different IP address every time it connects to the network. In some
systems, the device's IP address can even change while it is still connected. DHCP
also supports a mix of static and dynamic IP addresses. This simplifies the task for
network administrators because the software keeps track of IP addresses rather than
requiring an administrator to manage the task. This means a new computer can be
added to a network without the hassle of manually assigning it a unique IP address.
DHCP allows the specification for the service provided by a router, gateway, or other
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