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Flat rate
Flat rate is a particular billing system for
Internet
connections. The
Internet service pro-
vider
charges a monthly fee regardless of the duration and number of logins.
Full duplex
Data transfer mode in which data can be sent and received at the same time.
See also:
Half duplex
Gateway
A gateway is a device for connecting networks with completely different architectures
(addressing, protocols, application interfaces etc.). Although it is not totally correct, the
term is also used as a synonym for
Router
.
Global IP address
See
Public IP address
Half duplex
Operating mode for data transfer. Only one party can receive or send data at a time.
See also:
Full duplex
HTTP proxy
An HTTP proxy is a
Server
that network components use for their
Internet
traffic. All
requests are sent via the proxy.
Hub
A hub connects several network components in a star-topology network by sending all
the data it receives from one network component to all the other network components.
See also:
Switch
,
Bridge
,
Router
,
Gateway
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
The IEEE is an international body for defining network standards, especially for stand-
ardising
LAN
technologies, transfer protocols, data transfer speeds and wiring.
IEEE 802.11
IEEE
802.11 is a standard for wireless LANs operating in the 2.4 GHz band. In so-called
Infrastructure mode
, terminals can be connected to a base station (
Access point
) or they
can connect with each other spontaneously (
Ad-hoc mode
).
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