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SOHO (Small Office/Home Office)
- Market segment of professionals who work at
home or in small offices.
Spread Spectrum
- Wideband radio frequency technique used for more reliable and
secure data transmission.
SSID
(Service Set IDentifier) - Your wireless network's name.
Static IP Address
- A fixed address assigned to a computer or device that is connected
to a network.
Static Routing -
Forwarding data in a network via a fixed path. Static routing cannot
adjust to changing line conditions as can dynamic routing.
Storage
- The semi-permanent or permanent holding place for digital data.
Subnet Mask
- The method used for splitting IP networks into a series of subgroups, or
subnets. The mask is a binary pattern that is matched up with the IP address to turn part
of the host ID address field into a field for subnets.
Swapping
- Replacing one segment of a program in memory with another and restoring
it back to the original when required.
Switch
- 1. Device that is the central point of connection for computers and other
devices in a network, so data can be shared at full transmission speeds. 2. A device for
making, breaking, or changing the connections in an electrical circuit.
TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)
- A method (protocol) used along with the
Internet Protocol (Internet Protocol) to send data in the form of message units between
computers over the Internet. While IP takes care of handling the actual delivery of the
data, TCP takes care of keeping track of the individual units of data (called packets) that
a message is divided into for efficient routing through the Internet.
TCP/IP
- Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is the basic
communication language or protocol of the Internet. It can also be used as a
communications protocol in a private network (either an intranet or an extranet). When
you are set up with direct access to the Internet, your computer is provided with a copy
of the TCP/IP program just as every other computer that you may send messages to or
get information from also has a copy of TCP/IP.
Telnet
- A user command and TCP/IP protocol used for accessing remote PCs.
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
- A version of the TCP/IP FTP protocol that has
no directory or password capability.
Throughput
- The amount of data moved successfully from one place to another in a
given time period.
Topology
- A network’s topology is a logical characterization of how the devices on the
network are connected and the distances between them. The most common network
devices include hubs, switches, routers, and gateways. Most large networks contain
several levels of interconnection, the most important of which include edge connections,
backbone connections, and wide-area connections.
TX Rate
– Transmission Rate.
UDP (User Datagram Protocol)
- A communications method (protocol) that offers a
limited amount of service when messages are exchanged between computers in a
network that uses the Internet Protocol (IP). UDP is an alternative to the Transmission
Control Protocol (TCP) and, together with IP, is sometimes referred to as UDP/IP. Like
the Transmission Control Protocol, UDP uses the Internet Protocol to actually get a data
unit (called a datagram) from one computer to another. Unlike TCP, however, UDP does
not provide the service of dividing a message into packets (datagrams) and
