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SSL
Secure Sockets Layer Protocol—used for managing the security of a
message transmission on the Internet.
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol—governs network
management and the monitoring of network devices and
their functions.
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol—used for message control and
error reporting between a host server and a gateway to the Internet.
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol—automatically configures
the TCP/IP settings of every computer in your network.
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol—used for data
transmission over the Internet.
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol—used in sending and
receiving e-mail.
UDP
User Datagram Protocol—offers a limited amount of service when
messages are exchanged between computers in a network that uses
the IP.
HTTPS
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol over Secure socket layer—encrypts and
decrypts user page requests as well as the pages that are returned
by the web server.
Static IP
A number that is in a sequence of four decimal numbers, separated
by dots, assigned by an Internet Service Provider to be its
permanent address on the Internet.
Dynamic IP
A number that is in a sequence of four decimal numbers, separated
by dots, assigned by your DHCP.
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