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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.
PPPoE
PPP over Ethernet is a protocol for connecting remote hosts to the Internet over an
always-on connection by simulating a dial-up connection.
Remote server
A network computer allows a user to log on to the network from a distant location.
RFC
Request for Comments - Refers to documents published by the Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF) proposing standard protocols and procedures for the Internet. RFC can be
found at www.ietf.org.
Route
The path that network traffic takes from its source to its destination. The route a datagram
may follow can include many gateways and many physical networks.
In the Internet, each datagram is routed separately.
