Networking Terms

This page provides links to networking terms and their definitions.

APPC	AppleTalk	APPN
Architecture	ARCNet	ARP
ATM	Attenuation	Backbone
Bandwidth	Baseband	BGP
BNC	BOOTP	Bridge
Broadcast	Broadband	Brouter
BSC	CCITT	CDMA
CDPD	CIDR	Circuit Switching
Client	Coax	CRC
CSMA/CD	CSU	D-AMPS
DAS	DAT	Datagram
DBMS	DDE	DDP
DDS	DECNet	Default Gateway
DHCP	DNA	DNS
DNS Message Format	DNS Query	DUN
EGP	EIGRP	Ethernet
FDDI	FDMA	Frame
Frame Relay	Frequency Hopping	FTP
Gateway	GSM	Host ID
HTTP	Hub	IAB
IANA	ICMP	IETF
IGMP	IMAP4	Infared
Internic	Intranet	IP
IP Address	IPIP	IPSec
IPv4 Address	IPv6 Address	IPX
IRTF	ISDN	ISOC
ISP	L2F	L2TP
LAN	LCP	LDA
Link	LLC	LU
MAC	Mail Notifier	MAN
MAPI	MAU	MDA
MSA	MTA	MUA
NetBEUI	NetBIOS	Netmask
Network	Network ID	Network Routing
NFS	NWLink	OSI Network Model
OSPF	Packet	Packet Switching
Ping	POP3	Port
PPP	RARP	Remote Access
RIP	Rlogin	Route Aggregation
Router	Routing	RPC
SLIP	SMB	SMTP
Source Routing	Subnet Mask	Subnetting
Supernetting	TCP	TCP Connection Termination
TCP/IP	TCP/IP Connection	TCP Three Way Handshake
Telnet	TFTP	Token Ring
Twisted Pair	UDP	WINS
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