Glossary
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socket
The association of a port with an IP address, servin
as an identification of sender
or recipient.
stack
The software code which implements the protocol bein
used. In the case of the
NOE modules it is TCP/IP.
STP
Shielded Twisted Pair. A t
pe of cablin
consistin
of several strands of wire
surrounded b
foil shieldin
, twisted to
ether.
subnet
A ph
sical or lo
ical network within an IP network, which shares a network address
with other portions of the network.
subnet mask
Used to indicate which bits in an IP address identif
a subnet.
switch
A network device which connects two or more separate network se
ments and
allows traffic to be passed between them. A switch determines whether a frame
should be blocked or transmitted based on its destination address.
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol.
TCP/IP
A protocol suite consistin
of the Transmission Control Protocol and the Internet
Protocol; the suite of communications protocols on which the Internet is based.
UDP
User Data
ram Protocol. A protocol which transmits data over IP.
URL
Uniform Resource Locator. The network address of a file.
UTP
Unshielded Twisted Pair. A t
pe of cablin
consistin
of insulated cable strands
which are twisted to
ether in pairs.
Winsock
The Microsoft implementation of the Windows Sockets networkin
API based on
the Berkele
UNIX Sockets interface for supportin
TCP/IP.
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