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communications, and other services.
SNMP
(
S
imple
N
etwork
M
anagement
P
rotocol) - A widely used network monitoring and control
protocol.
Software
- Instructions for the computer. A series of instructions that performs a particular task is
called a "program".
Spread Spectrum
- Wideband radio frequency technique used for more reliable and secure data
transmission.
SSID
(
S
ervice
S
et
ID
entifier) - Your wireless network's name.
Static IP Address
- A fixed address assigned to a computer or device that is connected to a
network.
Subnet Mask
- An address code that determines the size of the network.
Switch
- 1. A data switch that connects computing devices to host computers, allowing a large
number of devices to share a limited number of ports. 2. A device for making, breaking, or changing
the connections in an electrical circuit.
TCP
(
T
ransmission
C
ontrol
P
rotocol) - A network protocol for transmitting data that requires
acknowledgement from the recipient of data sent.
TCP/IP
(
T
ransmission
C
ontrol
P
rotocol/
I
nternet
P
rotocol) - A set of instructions PCs use to
communicate over a network.
TKIP
(
T
emporal
K
ey
I
ntegrity
P
rotocol) - a wireless encryption protocol that provides dynamic
encryption keys for each packet transmitted.
Topology
- The physical layout of a network.
Upgrade
- To replace existing software or firmware with a newer version.
WEP
(
W
ired
E
quivalent
P
rivacy) - An optional cryptographic confidentiality algorithm specified
by IEEE 802.11 that may be used to provide data confidentiality that is subjectively equivalent to the
confidentiality of a wired local area network (LAN) medium that does not employ cryptographic
techniques to enhance privacy confidentiality.
WPA
(
W
i-Fi
P
rotected
A
ccess) - a wireless security protocol using TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity
