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Glossary
address
On a network, the identification of a station. In a frame, a
roupin
of bits that
identifies the frame’s source or destination.
API
Application Pro
ram Interface. The specification of functions and data used b
one
pro
ram module to access another; the pro
rammin
interface that corresponds to
the boundar
between protocol la
ers.
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol. A network la
er protocol used to determine the
ph
sical address which corresponds to the IP address for a host on the network.
ARP is a sub-protocol which operates under TCP/IP.
bps
Bits per second.
bridge
A device that connects two or more ph
sical networks which use the same
protocol. Brid
es read frames and decide whether to transmit or block them based
on their destination address.
client
A computer process re
uestin
service from other computer processes.
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