LED
- Light Emitting Diode — An electric component that emits light (turns ON) when current
flows through it.
Local loop
- The telephone lines running from a telephone company's central office in a local
area to its customers' telephones at homes and offices.
Login
- The account name (user name or user ID) and/or password used to access a computer
system or a Web site.
kbps
- 1024 bits per second — a measure of data transfer speed.
KB
- Kilobyte — 1,024 bytes.
Mac Address
- Media Access Control — A unique address associated with an Ethernet card.
Mbps
- Megabits per second — A measure of data transfer speed.
Megabits/Megabytes
- One million bits or bytes.
Modem
- A device that allows a computer to transmit and rerceive data with other computers via
telephone lines.
NAT
- Network Address Translation — An Internet standard that enables a local-area network to
use one set of IP addresses for internal traffic and a second set of IP addresses for external
traffic. NAT provides a type of firewall security by hiding internal IP addresses. Since they’re used
internally only, there’s no possibility of conflict with IP addresses used by other companies and
organizations.
Netscape Navigator/Communicator
- A popular Web browser.
NIC
- Network Interface Card — A card that is installed in a computer so that it can be connected
to a network. The NIC manages the flow of network information to and from the computer.
Octet
- A group of eight binary bits. An octet is also known as a byte.
Packet
- A unit of information, which is data of a fixed length, sent as a whole from one device to
another on a network. It contains a header with destination address and control information and a
payload that has the user data.
Ping
- Packet Internet Groper — An Internet program used to determine whether a specific IP
address is accessible. It works by sending a packet to the specified address and waiting for a
reply. PING is used primarily to troubleshoot network connections.
Plug-and-Play
- The capability of an operating system to automatically detect any new device
attached to the computer.
POTS
- Plain Old Telephone Service — The term refers to the conventional telephone service
using Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).
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