Network Management Strategies for the CIO
Email Alerts
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variable-length subnet mask (VLSM)
A variable-length subnet mask (VLSM) is a sequence of numbers of variable length that streamlines packet routing within the subnets of a proprietary network... (Continued) Definition
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wildcard mask
A wildcard mask is a sequence of numbers that streamlines packet routing within the subnets of a proprietary network... (Continued) Definition
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fixed-length subnet mask (FLSM)
A fixed-length subnet mask (FLSM) is a sequence of numbers of unchanging length that streamlines packet routing within the subnets of a proprietary network... (Continued) Definition
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routing table
A routing table is a set of rules, often viewed in table format, that is used to determine where data packets traveling over an Internet Protocol (IP) network will be directed. Definition
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reverse DNS (rDNS)
Reverse DNS (rDNS) is a method of resolving an IP address into a domain name, just as the domain name system (DNS) resolves domain names into associated IP addresses. Definition
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start of authority record
A start of authority (SOA) record is information stored in a domain name system (DNS) zone about that zone and about other DNS records. Definition
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time-to-live (TTL)
TTL also stands for transistor-to-transistor logic. Definition
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root server system
On the Internet, the root server system is the way that an authoritative master list of all top-level domain names (such as com, net, org,and individual country codes) is maintained and made available to all routers. Definition
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path
In a computer operating system, a path is the route through a file system to a particular file. Definition
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packet-switched
Packet-switched describes the type of network in which relatively small units of data called packets are routed through a network based on the destination address contained within each packet. Definition