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network service provider (NSP)
MILNET
Manchester encoding
Telecommunications Display Device (TDD)
Toslink
file transfer
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
non-geographic number
Network Service Access Point (NSAP)
QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation)
Source-route transparent (SRT) bridging
reverse Telnet (direct Telnet)
passive FTP
anti-replay protocol
MAC address (Media Access Control address)
shielded twisted pair
megahertz (MHz)
data link control (DLC)
HDSL (High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line)
connection
crossover cable
Personal Access Communications System (PACS)
optoisolator (optical coupler or optocoupler)
Evernet
satellite Internet connection
cable modem termination system (CMTS)
fast retransmit and recovery (FRR)
transactional e-mail
phantom dialing
media access management
satellite return Internet connection
terbo
registered port numbers
coaxial cable (illustrated)
cable head-end
802.3
10BASE-F
spatial division multiple access (SDMA)
lambda switching (photonic switching, or wavelength switching)
visitor-based networking (VBN)
network interface unit (NIU or Network Interface Device)
telephone jacks
balun
ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute)
D-channel
High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data (HSCSD)
whois
X server
root directory
10BASE-36
Transmeta
DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications)
10BASE-5
10BASE-2
DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications)
Primary Rate Interface (PRI)
symmetric communications
peer-to-peer
phase-shift keying (PSK)
ACTA (America's Carriers Telecommunications Association)
softswitch
dynamic and static
value-added network (VAN)
small form-factor pluggable (SFP)
small form factor (SFF)
multiplexing
metropolitan area network (MAN)
hybrid fiber coaxial network (HFC network)
infranet
moonbounce or Earth-Moon-Earth (EME)
Basic Rate Interface (BRI)
gigahertz (GHz)
subnetwork
ferrule
Veronica
Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HPNA)
egress
vampire tap
U interface
V.xx
OC-768
Transport layer
netsplit
media attachment unit (MAU)
local access and transport area (LATA)
EtherExpress
iNet
text on nine keys (T9)
URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
home network
RS-232C
fractional T1
conductance
triplecast
EPOC
brouter
big-endian and little-endian
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