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LANs (Local Area Networks)

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Thinnet
30 Jul 2001
WORD - Thicknet and Thinnet (sometimes called ThickWire and ThinWire) are commonly used terms for the larger and smaller size of coaxial cable used in Ethernet local area networks. Thicknet, also known as Thickwire, is 0.4 inches ...
NIS
11 Apr 2003
WORD - NIS (Network Information System) is a network naming and administration system for smaller networks that was developed by Sun Microsystems. NIS+ is a later version that provides additional security and other facilities. ...
High-Speed Serial Interface
11 Mar 2001
WORD - High-Speed Serial Interface (HSSI) is a short-distance communications interface that is commonly used to interconnect routing and switching devices on local area networks (LANs) with the higher-speed lines of a wide area ...
Zmodem protocol
21 Jul 2001
WORD - Zmodem is an error-correcting protocol for modems. Modems that agree on using the Zmodem protocol send data in 512-byte blocks. If a block arrives and an error is detected, a "NAK" (negative acknowledgement) is returned ...
Uuencode
30 Jul 2001
WORD - Uuencode (also called Uuencode/Uudecode) is a popular utility for encoding and decoding files exchanged between users or systems in a network. It originated for use between users of UNIX systems (its name stood for ...
subnetwork
25 Jun 2002
WORD - A subnetwork is a separately identifiable part of a larger network that typically represents a certain limited number of host computers, the hosts in a building or geographic area, or the hosts on an individual local area ...
htaccess

WORD - .htaccess is the default name for a file that is used to indicate who can or cannot access the contents of a specific file directory from the Internet or an intranet. The .htaccess file is a configuration file that resides in ...
Preboot Execution Environment
12 May 2003
WORD - The Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) is an industry standard client/server interface that allows networked computers that are not yet loaded with an operating system to be configured and booted remotely by an ...
Packet-Level Procedure
31 Jul 2001
WORD - 1) PAP (Packet-Level Procedure) is a full-duplex protocol for transferring packets between parties in an X.25 network. PAP supports data sequencing, flow control, accountability, and error detection and recovery. 2) PAP ...
network operating system
27 Jul 2001
WORD - A network operating system (NOS) is a computer operating system system that is designed primarily to support workstation, personal computer, and, in some instances, older terminal that are connected on a local area network ...


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