IP address
The 32-bit address assigned to hosts that want to participate in a TCP/IP Internet.
ISP
Internet service provider - A company allows home and corporate users to connect to
the Internet.
MAC
Media Access Control Layer - A sub-layer of the Data Link Layer (Layer 2) of the
ISO OSI Model responsible for media control.
MIB
Management Information Base - A collection of objects can be accessed via a
network management protocol, such as SNMP and CMIP (Common Management
Information Protocol).
NAT
Network Address Translation - A proposal for IP address reuse, where the local IP
address is mapped to a globally unique address.
NVT
Network Virtual Terminal
PAP
Password Authentication Protocol
PORT
The abstraction used in Internet transport protocols to distinguish among multiple
simultaneous connections to a single destination host.
POTS
Plain Old Telephone Service - This is the term describe basic telephone service.
PPP
Point-to-Point-Protocol - The successor to SLIP, PPP provides router-to-router and
host-to-network connections over both synchronous and asynchronous circuits.
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