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Gateway
A gateway is a device for connecting networks with completely different architectures
(addressing, protocols, application interfaces etc.). Although it is not totally correct, the
term is also used as a synonym for
.
Global IP address
See
HTTP Proxy
An HTTP proxy is a
that network components use for their
traffic. All
requests are sent via the proxy.
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The IEEE is an international body for defining network standards, especially for stand-
ardising
technologies, transmission protocols and speeds as well as wiring.
IEEE 802.11
802.11 is a standard for wireless LANs operating in the 2.4 GHz band. In a so-called
, terminals can be connected to a base station (
) or they can con-
nect with each other spontaneously (Ad-hoc mode).
Internet
The Internet is a wide-area network (
) linking several million users around the
world. A number of
s have been created for exchanging data, and these are
known collectively as
. All participants on the Internet can be identified by an
. Servers are addressed by
(e.g. siemens.com). Domain names
are assigned to IP addresses by the Domain Name Service (
).
Among the most important Internet services are:
u
electronic mail (email)
u
the World Wide Web (WWW)
u
file transfer (FTP)
u
discussion forums (Usenet / Newsgroups)
Internet Provider
An Internet Service Provider offers access to the
for a fee.
IP
protocols. It is responsible for addressing parties in a
network using
, and routes data from the sender to the recipient. It decides
the paths along which the data packets travel from the sender to the recipient in a com-
plex network (routing).
