PAC
Proxy automatic configuration. A file that defines how web browsers and other user agents
can automatically choose the appropriate proxy server (access method) for fetching a given
URL.
PBX
Private branch exchange. A phone system that is delivered as a hosted service.
PoE
Power over Ethernet. A solution in which an electrical current is run to networking hardware
over Ethernet category 5 or higher data cabling.
RTP
Real-time Transport Protocol. An IP network audio and video protocol.
SIP
Session Initiation Protocol. An application-layer communications protocol used for signaling
and controlling communications sessions.
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol. A communications protocol that specifies how data should
be formatted, addressed, transmitted, routed, and received at the destination. Part of the
Internet protocols communications suite.
TLS
Transport Layer Security. A cryptographic protocol designed to provide communications
security over a computer network.
UDP
User Datagram Protocol. A communications protocol that uses no handshaking dialogues to
establish a connection with the remote host. UDP is a member of the IP suite.
VLAN
Virtual LAN. Any broadcast domain that is partitioned and isolated in a computer network at
the data link layer (OSI layer 2).
WPAD
Web Proxy Automatic Discovery. An Internet protocol that enables a web browser to
automatically connect to a cache server (or proxy server) location in a network to retrieve
stored web pages more quickly by than leaving the network to request the web page from
the site of the originating web server.
Glossary
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