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applications for the Internet, Intranet and other complex,
distributed network.
L
LAN Local Area Network a computer network that spans a relatively
small area sharing common resources. Most LANs are confined t o
a single building or group of buildings.
N
NAT Network Address Translator generally applied by a router, that
makes many different IP addresses on an internal network appear
to the Internet as a single address. For routing messages properly
within your network, each device requires a unique IP address.
But the addresses may not be valid outside your network. NAT
solves the problem. When devices within your network request
information from the Internet, the requests are forwarded to the
Internet under the router's IP address. NAT distributes the
responses to the proper IP addresses within your network.
Network A network consists of a collection of two or more devices, people,
or components that communicate with each other over physical or
virtual media. The most common types of network are:
LAN – (local area network): Computers are in close distance to
one another. They are usually in the same office space, room, or
building.
WAN – (wide area network): The computers are in different
geographic locations and are connected by telephone lines or radio
waves.
NWay Protocol A network protocol that can automatically negotiate the highest
possible transmission speed between two devices.