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delivers the real-time communication for Voice over IP
(VoIP), which establishes sessions for features such as audio
and video conferencing.
SMTP
The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is used for Internet mail.
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol. SNMP was designed
to provide a common foundation for managing network
devices.
Station
In LANs, a station consists of a device that can communicate
data on the network. In FDDI, a station includes both
physical nodes and addressable logical devices.
Workstations, single-attach stations, dual-attach stations,
and concentrators are FDDI stations.
Subnet mask
In TCP/IP, the bits used to create the subnet are called the
subnet mask.
T
(TCP/IP)
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol is a widely
used transport protocol that connects diverse computers of
various transmission methods. It was developed y the
Department of Defense to connect different computer types
and led to the development of the Internet.
Transceiver
A transceiver joins two network segments together.
Transceivers can also be used to join a segment that uses
one medium to a segment that uses a different medium. On
a 10BASE-5 network, the transceiver connects the network
adapter or other network device to the medium.
Transceivers also can be used on 10BASE-2 or 10BASE-T
networks to attach devices with AUI ports.
U
UDP
The User Datagram Protocol is a connectionless protocol
that resides above IP in the TCP/IP suite
User Name
The USERNAME is the unique name assigned to each person
who has access to the LAN.
